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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.
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.
Harrington's mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni) was a species of caprine that resided in the Southwest of North America during the Pleistocene epoch. A relative of the modern mountain goat, which is the only existing species in the genus Oreamnos, O. harringtoni became extinct around 11,000 B.C.
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español (English: Universal Free Encyclopedia in Spanish) was a Spanish-language wiki-based online encyclopedia that started as a fork of the Spanish Wikipedia, released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 and using the same MediaWiki software.
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 ...
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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
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