Oreamnos
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| Oreamnos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Oreamnos |
Oreamnos is a genus of North American caprines. The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) is the only living species.[1] Until the end of the Pleistocene, another species, Oreamnos harringtoni, was distributed to the south of the recent form.[2]
References
- ↑ Grubb, P. (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Mead, JI, Agenbroad, LD, Phillips, AMIII, Middeleton, LT: Extinct mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni ) in southeastern Utah. QUATERN. END. RES. Vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 323-331. 1987.
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