'Ihi vs Mountain Goat

Oxalis corniculata compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank 'Ihi Mountain Goat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Oxalidales (Oxalidales) Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family Oxalidaceae Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus Oxalis Oreamnos
Species Oxalis corniculata Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute 'Ihi Mountain Goat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

'Ihi

No description available.

Mountain Goat

No description available.

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