Mountain Goat vs Pavement ant

Oreamnos americanus compared with Tetramorium caespitum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Pavement ant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Formicidae
Genus	Oreamnos	Tetramorium
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Tetramorium caespitum

Evolutionary Relationship

Mountain Goat and Pavement ant share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Pavement ant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pavement ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Venezuela).