Chamois Coloured goat

"Chamois goat" redirects here. For the wild Eurasian goat-antelope, see Rupicapra.
Chamois Coloured Goat
a brown goat with horns and a bell at its neck
A Chamois Coloured Goat of the horned Grisons type
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Other names
  • French: Chèvre chamoisée
  • German: Gämsfarbige Gebirgsziege
  • Italian: Camosciata delle Alpi
Country of originSwitzerland
Distribution
  • Switzerland
  • Austria
  • Italy
Standard
Usemilk[2]: 327 
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    minimum 75 kg[3]
  • Female:
    minimum 55 kg[3]
Height
  • Male:
    85 cm[3]
  • Female:
    75 cm[3]
Coatbrown with black dorsal stripe and lower limbs
Face colourbrown with black facial stripes
Horn statushorned and hornless types[4]
Beardmales bearded[4]
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus 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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