Moon Trefoil vs Mountain Goat

Medicago arborea compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Moon Trefoil	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Fabaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Medicago	Oreamnos
Species	Medicago arborea	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.