false broom vs Mountain Goat

Brachypodium sylvaticum compared with Oreamnos americanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false broom	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Poales (อันดับหญ้า)	Artiodactyla (อันดับสัตว์กีบคู่)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Brachypodium	Oreamnos
Species	Brachypodium sylvaticum	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

false broom

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false broom	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

false broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).