Mountain Goat vs Throat botfly

Oreamnos americanus compared with Gasterophilus nasalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Throat botfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Oestridae
Genus	Oreamnos	Gasterophilus
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Gasterophilus nasalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Mountain Goat and Throat botfly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Throat botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	Throat botfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Throat botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.