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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Oreamnos americanus | Mountain Goat 



ABBREVIATION : 
ORAM

COMMON NAMES : 
   mountain goat
   Rocky Mountain goat
   white buffalo


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the mountain goat is Oreamnos
americanus (Blainville) [5,10].  The four recognized subspecies are
listed below [10]:

     O. americanus ssp. americanus
     O. americanus ssp. columbiae Hollister
     O. americanus ssp. kennedyi Elliot
     O. americanus ssp. missoulae J. A. Allen


ORDER : 
Artiodactyla

CLASS : 
Mammal

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, August 1993.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1993. Oreamnos americanus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Oreamnos americanus | Mountain Goat