Chamois Coloured goat
The horned Grisons type | |
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk |
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| Country of origin | Switzerland |
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| Use | milk |
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| Coat | brown with black dorsal stripe and lower limbs |
| Face colour | brown with black facial stripes |
| Horn status | horned and hornless types |
| Beard | males bearded |
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The Chamois Coloured Goat, French: Chèvre chamoisée, German: Gämsfarbige Gebirgsziege, Italian: Camosciata delle Alpi, is an indigenous Swiss breed of domestic goat. 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. In some countries the hornless variety may be considered a separate breed, the Oberhasli. The Swiss herd-book was established in 1930.