Mountain Goat vs Rooting Polypore

Oreamnos americanus compared with Polyporus radicatus

Key Differences

• Mountain Goat is Least Concern while Rooting Polypore is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Goat	Rooting Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Fungi (真菌界)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Basidiomycota (担子菌门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Agaricomycetes (傘菌綱)
Order	Artiodactyla (偶蹄目)	Polyporales (多孔菌目)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Polyporaceae
Genus	Oreamnos	Polyporus
Species	Oreamnos americanus	Polyporus radicatus

Conservation Status

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Rooting Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Goat	Rooting Polypore
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rooting Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.