Mountain Goat vs Wild Lettuce

Oreamnos americanus compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Mountain Goat is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Wild Lettuce
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	Lactuca
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).