Mountain Goat vs Prickly Coontail

Oreamnos americanus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Mountain Goat is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Oreamnos	Ceratophyllum
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.