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The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, is a cloven-footed mammal that is endemic to the remote and rugged mountainous areas of western North America. A subalpine to truly alpine species, it is a sure-footed climber commonly seen on sheer rock faces, near-vertical cliffs and icy passages.
Oreamnos is a genus of North American caprines. The mountain goat ( Oreamnos americanus ) is the only living species. [ 2 ] Until the end of the Pleistocene , another species, Oreamnos harringtoni , was distributed to the south of the recent form.
Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) are not native in the park but were introduced into the Absaroka Range in Montana in the 1940s. They migrated into the park and breeding populations established themselves in the northwestern and northeastern regions of the park in the 1990s.
Skeleton of a Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) on display at the Museum of OsteologyAlthough most goat-antelopes are gregarious and have fairly stocky builds, they diverge in many other ways – the muskox (Ovibos moschatus) is adapted to the extreme cold of the tundra; the mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) of North America is specialised for very rugged terrain; the urial (Ovis orientalis ...
The mountain goat is the official symbol of Glacier National Park. Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Bovidae. Occurrence: High peaks and meadows E W A. The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, is a large-hoofed mammal found only in North America. Despite its vernacular name, it is not a member of Capra, the ...
One photo shows some 40 mountain goats dotting the rock face of Goat Lick, a location along Glacier National Park's southern border that is popular with goats due to high concentrations of minerals.
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) cliffs, rock outcroppings, alpine tundra – uncommon Mountain Goat ( Oreamnos americanus ) cliffs, rock outcroppings, alpine tundra – uncommon (non-native)
Mountain goat: Oreamnos americanus: Bovidae: Historically native to the northern Oregon Cascades and the Wallowa and Blue mountains until extinction in the state in the 19th or 20th century; reintroduced to the Wallowa and Elkhorn mountains starting in the 20th century, [33] and recently introduced to Mount Jefferson in 2010 and 2012. [34] Elk ...