Downy Lettuce vs Mountain Goat

Lactuca hirsuta compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• Downy Lettuce is Not Evaluated while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Lettuce	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	Lactuca	Oreamnos
Species	Lactuca hirsuta	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Downy Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Lettuce	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.