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Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
Subject: Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
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Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)


Line art drawing of a mountain goat.
Author Pearson Scott Foresman
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMountain_Goat_%28PSF%29.png

The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, 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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