vs Mountain Goat

Merismopedia minima 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	Cyanobacteriales	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Chamaesiphonaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Merismopedia	Oreamnos
Species	Merismopedia minima	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 Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Merismopedia minima is a very small colonial cyanobacterium in the family Merismopediaceae that forms flat, rectangular, sheet-like colonies of cells arranged in regular rows. It is found in freshwater and brackish planktonic habitats worldwide. Its conservation status is not evaluated.