Garden sorrel vs Mountain Goat

Rumex acetosa compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden sorrel	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Polygonaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Rumex	Oreamnos
Species	Rumex acetosa	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Garden sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden sorrel	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden sorrel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.