Mountain Goat vs Red Alder

Oreamnos americanus compared with Alnus rubra

Key Differences

• Mountain Goat is Least Concern while Red Alder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Red Alder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Betulaceae
Genus	Oreamnos	Alnus
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Alnus rubra

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Red Alder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	Red Alder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Alder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).