Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Jan 3, 2015 2:17 pm - Voted 10/10
No, no!These are chamois (German: Gemsen), the only European antelope species (easily recognized by their color and the walking stick shape of their horns!).
There are no (wild-living) mountain goats in the Alps.
Vid Pogachnik - Jan 3, 2015 6:08 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: No, no!Well, Ejnar, Wikipedia says this about chamois:
The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a goat-antelope species native to mountains in Europe,...
So, they are goats, and are for sure not domestic ;)
Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Jan 6, 2015 1:46 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: No, no!But my zoology textbooks put them in the subfamily Antilopinae (together with all other antelopes), and goats in Caprinae. I think the term "goat-antilope" might be intended to mean simply "goat-like antilope".
drunkfox - Jan 3, 2015 5:57 pm - Hasn't voted
CamosciYes, I know these are chamois, I grew up with them :-)
The problem is that I don't know English well, and I always called them "mountain goats".
I thought chamois is a French word...
Thanks for teaching me.
In some Italian islands (Montecristo Island, for example) there are wild goats.
Thanks prof
Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Jan 6, 2015 1:36 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: CamosciProblem is that when you call them mountain goats, our American friends think of these clumsy-looking (although quite nimble) white true goats that live in the American mountains instead of the elegantly built chamois.
Actually, I hadn't seen that you live in Cortina (I do envy you) when I wrote the comment, I assumed that you might be some American visitor who didn't know better. Sorry!
drunkfox - Jan 6, 2015 5:30 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: CamosciNo, no sorry. You help me, thanks.
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