Mountain Goat vs Yellow Dodder

Oreamnos americanus compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Mountain Goat is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Artiodactyla (偶蹄目)	Solanales (ナス目)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Oreamnos	Cuscuta
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).