"Chamois goat" redirects here. For the wild Eurasian goat-antelope, see Rupicapra.
Chamois Coloured Goat
A Chamois Coloured Goat of the horned Grisons type
Conservation status
FAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Other names
French: Chèvre chamoisée
German: Gämsfarbige Gebirgsziege
Italian: Camosciata delle Alpi
Country of origin
Switzerland
Distribution
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Standard
MIPAAF
Use
milk[2]: 327
Traits
Weight
Male:
minimum 75 kg[3]
Female:
minimum 55 kg[3]
Height
Male:
85 cm[3]
Female:
75 cm[3]
Wool colour
brown with black dorsal stripe and lower limbs
Face colour
brown with black facial stripes
Horn status
horned and hornless types[4]
Beard
males bearded[4]
Goat
Capra hircus
The Chamois Coloured Goat, French: Chèvre chamoisée, German: Gämsfarbige Gebirgsziege, Italian: Camosciata delle Alpi,[5] is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from Switzerland. It is distributed throughout Switzerland and in parts of northern Italy and Austria, and has been exported to other countries including France. There are two strains, a horned type from the Grisons or Graubünden in the eastern part of the country, and a hornless type from the former bezirk of Oberhasli and the area of Brienz and Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland.[2]: 326 In some countries the hornless variety may be considered a separate breed, the Oberhasli goat. The Swiss herd-book was established in 1930.[2]: 326
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