Educational resources on Mountain Goat

Mountain Goat or Oreamnos americanus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Mountain Goat

Academic web links for the Mountain Goat.

Mountain Goat
Common Name: Mountain Goat Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Oreamnos Species: americanus
www.ben.edu/museum/mountain_goat.asp

ADW: Oreamnos americanus: Information
The mountain goat's main predators are cougars (Puma concolor). The cougar is versatile enough to move around on the mountains and it is big enough to hunt and kill an adult
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Oreamnos_americanus.html

Mountain Goat
Order: Artiodactyla Order Description: Hoofed Mammals or Ungulates Family: Bovidae Family Description: Goats and Sheep
imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/mammal/hoofed/mogo/goat.htm

Mountain Goat Facts - NatureMapping
NatureMapping is a hands-on environmental science and education program linking kids, communities and professionals.
depts.washington.edu/natmap/facts/mountain_goat_712.html

Lewis and Clark as Naturalists
Lewis and Clark used the term mountain sheep for the mountain goat, referring to the bighorn sheep they saw as bighorn anamals, or just bighorns.
www.mnh.si.edu/lewisandclark/species.cfm?id=257

NDIS Mountain Goat Hunting Page
Habitat: The best habitat appears to be a mixture of talus rock faces, alpine meadows, ridge tops, and subalpine ecotones (Saunders 1955). Diet: Summer forage consists of grasses
ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/huntingspx.asp?SpCode=050100

Organizational Culture in Individual Risk Decisions
Mountain Goat Removal in Olympic National Park: A Case Study of the Role of Organizational Culture in Individual Risk Decisions and Behavior* Seth Tuler, Gary E. Machlis & Roger E
www.piercelaw.edu/risk/vol3/fall/tuler.htm

Mountain Goat
Mountain Goat. Return to two-page spread from Mammals of North America
press.princeton.edu/birds/mammals/goats/mountain.html

Mountain Goat Clipart
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etc.usf.edu/clipart/5700/5708/mountain-goat_1.htm

Mountain goat
Mountain Goats. The mountain goat is a strange animal, and Lewis and Clark may have missed seeing one. Mountain goats live on high rocky crags in the Rocky Mountains.
education.boisestate.edu/compass/Kidscompass/Animalpages/Mountaingoat.htm