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About Chamois
Chamois, hollow-horned, hoofed mammal, Rupicapra
rupicapra, found in the mountains of Europe and the E
Mediterranean. It is about the size of a large goat and is light
brown with a black tail, a black back stripe, and black markings on
its face. In winter its coat is darker. Its uniquely shaped horns
are erect, with terminal hooks pointed backward. The hooves can
cling to rocky surfaces because of their elasticity, and the animal
is able to leap with agility. It ranges to the snow line in summer,
but in winter stays in lower areas. In autumn the adult males, which
live apart from the herds of females and young, return for mating.
The young are born in spring. The skin was the original chamois
leather, but the name is now applied also to leather made from the
skins of other animals. The chamois has been introduced into New
Zealand. Chamois are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order
Artiodactyla, family Bovidae.
"chamois." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2008. Retrieved September 04, 2009 from
Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-chamois.html
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New Zealand Chamois
By Wikipedia
Alpine chamois arrived in New Zealand in 1907 as a gift from
the Austrian Emperor, Franz Joseph I. The first surviving releases
were made in the Aoraki/Mount Cook region
and these animals gradually spread over much of the South Island.
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| In New Zealand, hunting of chamois is unrestricted and even
encouraged by the Department of
Conservation to limit the animal's impact on New Zealand's
native alpine flora.
New Zealand chamois tend to weigh about 20% less than European
individuals of the same age, suggesting that food supplies may be
limited.
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| Hunting and wildlife management |
As their meat is considered tasty,
chamois are popular game
animals. Chamois have two traits that are exploited by hunters. The
first is that they are most active in the morning and evening when
they feed. The second trait is that chamois tend to look for danger
from below. This means that a hunter stalking chamois from above is
less likely to be observed and more likely to be
successful.
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The tuft of hair from the back of
the neck, the gamsbart(chamois "beard"),
is traditionally worn as a decoration on hats throughout the alpine
countries. Chamois leather is very smooth and absorbent and is favored in cleaning
and polishing because it produces no
streaking.
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