vs Mountain Goat

Limnothrix vacuolifera compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Pseudanabaenaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Limnothrix	Oreamnos
Species	Limnothrix vacuolifera	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Limnothrix vacuolifera is a planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium that possesses gas vacuoles enabling buoyancy regulation in the water column of freshwater lakes. It forms thin, unbranched trichomes and is found in eutrophic standing water bodies. Its conservation status is not evaluated.