Mountain Goat vs North American porcupine

Oreamnos americanus compared with Erethizon dorsatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	North American porcupine
Kingdom same	Animalia (động vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum same	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class same	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Artiodactyla (Bộ Guốc chẵn)	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Erethizontidae
Genus	Oreamnos	Erethizon
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Erethizon dorsatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Mountain Goat and North American porcupine share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (lớp Thú)

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

North American porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	North American porcupine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

North American porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.