Oreamnos

Oreamnos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Genus:	Oreamnos; Rafinesque, 1817
Species
	O. americanus – mountain goat; †O. harringtoni – Harrington's mountain goat;

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. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
↑ Mead, JI, Agenbroad, LD, Phillips, AMIII, Middeleton, LT. (1987). Extinct mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni ) in southeastern Utah. QUATERN. END. RES. Vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 323-331.

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[msw3-1] Grubb, P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] Mead, JI, Agenbroad, LD, Phillips, AMIII, Middeleton, LT. (1987). Extinct mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni ) in southeastern Utah. QUATERN. END. RES. Vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 323-331.