Gamskitz

English translation: chamois kid

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German term or phrase:	Gamskitz
English translation:	chamois kid
Entered by:	Helen Shiner

11:53 Feb 21, 2009

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Science - Zoology / Animal native to Austria

German term or phrase: Gamskitz

Hi everyone,

Working on a marketing initiative focused on Kitzbuehel. The term I am struggling with is "Gamskitz", which is the symbol of Kitzbuehel (Tyrol, Austria). This animal only exists in Europe and New Zealand. The correct translation for "Gams" is chamois. However, we are talking about the young Gams, the "baby". There's much discussion that we have found as to what a Gamskitz is in English, and there's no consensus.
Ergo, the question: "What do you call a young chamois"?

So far, we have found:
simply "calf" which is of course correct for a young mammal, but not specific enough
"kid", which again leaves the species out
"young chamois"
"baby chamois"

Client has thus far used "chamois", which leaves the part that the Gams is a young one completely out. I've been researching on hunting sites (yikes), etc., but have yet to come up with a term that I really like.

I am really looking forward to hearing any comments and insight.

Judy Jenner

Judy Jenner KudoZ activity Questions: 14 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United States
Local time: 19:38

chamois kid

Explanation:
Young Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) are vulnerable to golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), while adults are probably eaten only as carrion. Here I report the observation of predation by a golden eagle on an Alpine chamois kid and the attempt at female defensive behaviour. During the eagle attack, the females of the herd surrounded their kids and tried to protect them with their horns and bodies. However, the defensive behaviour was unsuccessful and the eagle flew away with a kid. This observation may be consistent with the hypothesis of herd defensive behaviour in the Alpine chamois related to female sociality.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p523428mp3w87163/

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http://books.google.com/books?id=cuhNr47qfG4C&pg=PA16&lpg=PA...

Finally, T. ovis was the theileria less frequently found and restricted to a Catalonian chamois kid that died from pneumonia.
http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/para/abstract.00006407-20070300...

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And here you have a picture of one:

http://www.mountainman.co.nz/gallery.php?imageID=55

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http://chestofbooks.com/animals/W-H-G-Kingston/Stories-of-An...

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It seems that the young of an antelope is generally called a calf. Perhaps given the relatedness of the chamois to this family, you would be correct in calling it a calf, too.

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This chamois web-site has calf:
http://www.thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Artiod...

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It might also be worth noting that the leather from a goat's young is called 'kid leather' whereas that from a chamois's young is called 'calf leather' - there are many, many ghits that will confirm this.

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Thanks for the points, Judy - and to my peers for supporting links.

Selected response from:

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:38

Grading comment

Thank you, I will definitely go with this answer. And agreed with previous -- a chamois is not in the deer family, but is a goatlike antelope. Thanks for all the great input. It makes me sad that anyone wants to hunt these cuties!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +7

chamois kid

Helen Shiner

4 +2

chamois fawn

swisstell

3 +2

"Kitz" - a young chamois

Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET

Summary of reference entries provided

Or calf

Kim Metzger

Answers

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

chamois fawn

Explanation:
a chamois is part of the deer family and deer youngsters are called FAWNS, not kids or such.

Stock Photography of chamois - fawn standing / Rupicapra rupicapra ... chamois - fawn standing / Rupicapra rupicapra stock photography by Juniors Bildarchiv. 139070 Fotosearch Stock Photography and Stock Footage helps you find ...
www.fotosearch.com/JNB006/139070/ -

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HuntingNet.com Photo Gallery chamois doe and fawn - 1shot 2 kills. chamois buck. first fox this year. polecat. first marten. chamois fawn. 2008 Season. Back porch beasts! 8pt. ...
www.huntingnet.com/gallery/?s=r - 91k

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One chamois fawn could be caught alive, one young female chamois and one 9year-old male ibex were shot in the fields. These 3 animals were submitted for ...
library.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/resources/global/contents/VET164623/EAZWV/Chester%20PDF/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Degiorgis.pdf

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks! However, a chamois is not in the deer family (Reh). A chamois is part of the antelope family, so it can't be a fawn, because a fawn is a young Reh -- different family. We'd originally erroneously thought that, too (and used "fawn"), and were quickly corrected by the client and informed of our "Denkfehler". Funny that you came up with the same thing. Thanks for your input!

42 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

"Kitz" - a young chamois

Explanation:
This seems to be the most commonly used term rather than kid or fawn, although they are equally correct. I would avoid "calf" and "baby". Why not gloss at the beginning of the text, e.g. The symbol of Kitzbühel is the "Kitz" - a young chamois..." and then use Kitz afterwards

Reference: http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Germany/photo182942...
Reference: http://www.montagnes2002.ch/exp/enc/living/wildlife/chamois....

Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of:

English

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

chamois kid

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

David Hollywood: on the button too Helen :) and a quick response :)

32 mins

-> Thank you, David

neutral

Stephen Sadie: although this term is to be found; I believe it is not correct

42 mins

-> Maybe, Stephen, I am happy with it, if academics are using it in their work - see my links, and it is certainly more correct than 'fawn'. Young chamois may be an alternative.

agree

John Speese: I would agree with "kid", as I too found it on several web sites, including one for the mountain goat of the US, which I believe is a close relative.

1 hr

-> Thanks, John - given Cetacea's link, I'm definitely sticking with kid! You are clearly spot on re the mountain goat.

agree

Inge Meinzer: Great research and a lovely picture to boot :-)

1 hr

-> Thanks, Inge - certainly a cute little chap, isn't it?

agree

Cetacea: "chamois kid" is definitely the correct solution. Chamois are not antelopes. Together with e.g. Mountain Goats (as pointed out by John), they belong to the rupicaprini. See e.g. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio13Tuat02-t1-body-d3...

1 hr

-> Thank you, Cetacea - great link; that just about nails it, I would have thought.

agree

franglish

2 hrs

-> Thanks, franglish

agree

Derek Gill Franßen

3 hrs

-> Thank you, Derek

agree

Kim Metzger: A good argument could also be made for "calf".

5 hrs

-> Thanks, Kim - it certainly looks that way to me, too.

Reference comments

6 hrs

Reference: Or calf

Reference information:
Results 1 - 10 of about 333 English and German pages for "chamois kid".
Results 1 - 10 of about 691 English and German pages for "chamois calf".
The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a goat-like animal native to the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, the European Alps, the Gran Sasso region of the central Italian Apennines, the Tatra Mountains, the Balkans, parts of Turkey, and the Caucasus.
Female chamois and their young live in herds; adult males tend to live solitarily for most of the year. During the rut (late November/early December in Europe, May in New Zealand), males engage in fierce battles for the attention of unbred females. An impregnated female undergoes a gestation period of 20 weeks, after which a single kid is born. The kid is fully grown by three years of age.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamois

The Chamois is a goat like animal, but it belongs in its own genus and is more closely related to the Goral than to the goats. The Chamois is superbly adapted to the mountains having particularly soft hooves which help it to grasp to the rocks on the mountains where it lives. It also has large dew claws which help it to clasp to slopes when descending.
http://www.geocities.com/magicgoatman/wildgoatindex.html

Goral
Reproduction: Gestation lasts about six months, after which the female delivers a single calf.
http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/414.htm

Thirteen Chinese goral (Nemorhaedus goral arnouxianus) (five males and eight females) were each given 0.8 mg of melengestrol acetate orally in pelleted food for 224 days. The previous breeding season, six of the eight females calved (two were immature). No calf was born during the treatment season.
The Chinese goral (Nemorhaedus goral arnouxianus) is a seasonally breeding, goatlike bovid that breeds readily in captivity. Wild gorals live in steep rocky terrain in groups of up to 14.12 Females over 3 yr calve yearly throughout their reproductive life.

http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[02...

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 44

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