Mountain goat, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada

Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The mountain goat is an even-toed ungulate of the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae (that includes antelopes, gazelles, and cattle). It belongs to the subfamily Caprinae (goat-antelopes), along with thirty-two other species including true goats, sheep, the chamois, and the musk ox. The mountain goat is the only species in the genus Oreamnos. Photo is within the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.

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Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The mountain goat is an even-toed ungulate of the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae (that includes antelopes, gazelles, and cattle). It belongs to the subfamily Caprinae (goat-antelopes), along with thirty-two other species including true goats, sheep, the chamois, and the musk ox. The mountain goat is the only species in the genus Oreamnos. Photo is within the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.