Mountain Goat vs Squirrel Corn

Oreamnos americanus compared with Dicentra canadensis

Key Differences

• Mountain Goat is Least Concern while Squirrel Corn is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Squirrel Corn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Papaveraceae
Genus	Oreamnos	Dicentra
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Dicentra canadensis

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Squirrel Corn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	Squirrel Corn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Squirrel Corn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.