Oreamnos americanus (Rocky Mountain goat)

Oreamnos americanus (Rocky Mountain goat)

The mountain goat
Date 1876
Source Popular Science Monthly Volume 10; https://archive.org/details/popularsciencemo10newy
Author Unknown author
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V10_D706_The_mountain_goat.jpg

The mountain goat or Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) is a hoofed mammal endemic to mountainous areas of western North America. A subalpine to alpine species, it is a sure-footed climber commonly seen on cliffs and ice. The mountain goat is an even-toed ungulate of the family Bovidae (along with antelopes, gazelles, and cattle) and the subfamily Caprinae (along with true goats, wild sheep, the chamois, the muskox and other species). Oreamnos americanus is closely allied with the takins (Budorcas) and chamois (Rupicapra).

Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Oreamnos
Species: Oreamnos americanus (Blainville, 1816)
Synonyms
- Mazama dorsata Rafinesque, 1817
- Rupicapra americanus de Blainville, 1816


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Description		Oreamnos americanus (Rocky Mountain goat) The mountain goat Date 1876 Source Popular Science Monthly Volume 10; https://archive.org/details/popularsciencemo10newy Author Unknown author Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V10_D706_The_mountain_goat.jpg The mountain goat or Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) is a hoofed mammal endemic to mountainous areas of western North America. A subalpine to alpine species, it is a sure-footed climber commonly seen on cliffs and ice. The mountain goat is an even-toed ungulate of the family Bovidae (along with antelopes, gazelles, and cattle) and the subfamily Caprinae (along with true goats, wild sheep, the chamois, the muskox and other species). Oreamnos americanus is closely allied with the takins (Budorcas) and chamois (Rupicapra). Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Tribe: Caprini Genus: Oreamnos Species: Oreamnos americanus (Blainville, 1816) Synonyms - Mazama dorsata Rafinesque, 1817 - Rupicapra americanus de Blainville, 1816

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