Mountain Goat vs Prickly Heath

Oreamnos americanus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Ericaceae
Genus	Oreamnos	Gaultheria
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.