Mountain Goat vs Woolly Tooth

Oreamnos americanus compared with Phellodon tomentosus

Key Differences

• Mountain Goat is Least Concern while Woolly Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Woolly Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Oreamnos	Phellodon
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Phellodon tomentosus

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Woolly Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	Woolly Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Woolly Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.