Mountain Goat vs Serpentine Sunflower

Oreamnos americanus compared with Helianthus exilis

Key Differences

• Mountain Goat is Least Concern while Serpentine Sunflower is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Serpentine Sunflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Oreamnos	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Helianthus exilis

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Serpentine Sunflower

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	Serpentine Sunflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Serpentine Sunflower

Habitat

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