Curled Thistle vs Mountain Goat

Carduus crispus compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Curled Thistle	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Carduus	Oreamnos
Species	Carduus crispus	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Curled Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Curled Thistle	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Curled Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (7 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.