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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.
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. [ 3 ]
The Mountain Goats released their 15th album, Beat the Champ, on 7 April 2015, again with Merge Records. [25] According to Pitchfork Media , the album concentrates on the professional wrestlers Darnielle admired when he was a child and tries to develop and imagine their lives. [ 26 ]
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 ...
Dark in Here is the 20th studio album by indie folk band the Mountain Goats, released June 25, 2021 through Merge Records. [1] The album was recorded in March 2020, just one week after Getting Into Knives (2020), at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. [8]
A mountain goat is a mammal species of the genus Oreamnos found in North America. Mountain goat may also refer to: Altai Mountain goat, a breed of domestic goat; Harrington's mountain goat, an extinct relative of the North American mountain goats; Kinetic Mountain Goat, a small airplane; The Mountain Goats, an American indie rock band
The Mountain Goat was a motorcycle specifically built in 1963 by Jonny Callender of New Plymouth, New Zealand, for use on rough farm land. It was the first specifically designed farm bike in the world.
Harrington's mountain goat existed for at least 19,000 years prior to disappearing around 11,000 BC. [4] The extinction is known to have coincided with the disappearance of at least 25 genera of land mammals, [2] such as the Shasta ground sloth (Nothrotheriops shastensis), and the arrival of Native American hunters of the Clovis culture in the ...