Rocky Mountain Goat

Rocky Mountain Goat

Here is one of the world’s most amazing and most dangerous goat breeds. It is also known as Rocky Mountain goat. It is a sure-footed climber commonly seen on cliffs and ice.

Curiously, the Mountain goat does not have a place with the basic class of goat family; it’s rather placed under the cattle, gazelles and antelopes. They are native to alpine and sub-alpine conditions. 

The mountain goat’s life expectancy ranges between 9 to 12 years. 

It utilizes its sharp horn to safeguard its own space.

Did you know?
• The age of the mountain goat can be simply determined by the number of rings in its horn.

• Both male (billy) and female (nanny) mountain goats have beard, long black horns, short tails.

(Kingdom: Animalia) (Class: Mammalia) (Genus: Oreamnos), (Family: Bovidae), (Subfamily: Caprinae), (Species: Oreamnos americanus), (Phylum: Chordata), (Order: Artiodactyla)