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.

[11] The milk yield per lactation of the Chamois Coloured Goat in Switzerland is given as >700 kg, with 3.4% fat and 2.9% protein.

[3] Measurements made in Italy in 2004 gave figures of 343 ± 115 litres for primiparous, 506 ± 205 L for secondiparous, and 539 ± 228 L for pluriparous, nannies,[8]: 384  with an average of 3.24% fat and 3.13% protein.