Rocky Mountain Goat

Rocky Mountain Goat
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT, or White Goat (Oreamnus montanus), a North American hollow-horned ruminant of the family Bovidae, distinguished by its white colour.

Rocky Mountain Goat
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hoofed ruminant mammal, Oreamnos americanus, found in the high mountains of S Alaska, W Canada, and the extreme NW United States.

Rocky Mountain goat
Taxonomy Oreamnos americanus [de Blainville, 1816]. Citation: Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1816:80. Type locality: USA, Washington, Mt. Adams.
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The Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) is sometimes also called Rocky Mountain Goat. It is a native American goat which occurs in the high Rockies of the western United States and Canada.

Rocky Mountain Goat
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The Rocky Mountain goat belongs to the antelope tribe.
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Similar species: Rocky Mountain Goat, Deer, and Pronghorn (antelope). Bighorn are classified as "Ovis canadensis"
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The Rocky Mountain goat in Montana. Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid Project 1-R. Wildlife Bulletin No. 5. Helena, MT: Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Restoration Division. 107 p. [80503] 20. Chadwick, Douglas H. 1973.

The Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain Goat, is a large hoofed mammal found only in North America. Despite its name, it is not a true goat, as it belongs to a different genus.

See also: Goat, Mountain Goat, Sheep, Chamois, Antelope