The Capra Grigia, French: Chèvre grise des montagnes, German: Graue Bergziege,[3] is a rare and endangered Swiss breed of domestic goat.
It originates in the valleys of the cantons of the Grisons or Graubünden in the eastern part of the country, and of Ticino or Tessin in the south.
[4] It is possibly related to the grey type of the Passeirer Gebirgsziege from the Autonomous Province of Bolzano in north-eastern Italy.
[6] The Swiss association ProSpecieRara launched a conservation and recovery project for the Capra Grigia in 1997, recorded all surviving members in a herd-book, and started a controlled breeding programme.
[3] The Capra Grigia is sure-footed and agile, with hard hooves well-suited to the high mountain terrain of the southern Alps.