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White Goat = Oreamnos americanus (Rocky Mountain goat)
| Subject: | White Goat = Oreamnos americanus (Rocky Mountain goat)
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Head of White Goat. Shot August, 1889
Date 1893
Source Roosevelt, T. (Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919), The wilderness hunter; an account of the big game of the United States and its chase with horse, hound, and rifle. 1893 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/52680#page/165/mode/1up
Author James Carter Beard
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/File%3AMusk-ox%2C_bison%2C_sheep%2C_and_goat_%281904%29_%2814592195267%29.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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