Goat's-beard vs Mountain Goat

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	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	Tragopogon	Oreamnos
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.