Oreamnos americanus

(de Blainville, 1816)

Rocky Mountain Goat

Female with young. Also as Rocky Mountain Goat|Snow Goat|White Goat.
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Location:USA, MT, Glacier National ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1961

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 170

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Bovoidea
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Caprini
Genus : Oreamnos

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1816. Sur plusieurs espèces d'animaux mammifères, de l'ordre des ruminans. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824) 1816:73-82.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153491

Original name as described

Rupicapra americana

Other common names

Mountain Goat · Snow Goat · White Goat

Type locality

America (probably near Mt. Adams, Washington).

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK, WA, OR, ID, MT, WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006201

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 27 names and synonyms.

Ovis montanus

(Ord, 1815)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · preoccupied

Authority page

292

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40043566

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Rupicapra americana

(de Blainville, 1816)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153491

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Ovis montana

(Ord, 1817)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24680241

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Mazama dorsata

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dorsatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

44

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35233)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama ovina

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ovinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

437

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=439

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Mazama sericea

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sericeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

44

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35233)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope lanigera

(C. H. Smith, 1821)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754766

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1827:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)
  2. Gervais (1840:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  3. Lesson (1842:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

antilope americana

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

478

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521922

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Desmarest (1822:478, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)

Capra columbiana

(Desmoulins, 1823)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

columbianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

580

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25673212

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Aplocerus lanigerus

(C. H. Smith, 1826)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

lanigerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264121

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Smith (1826:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)

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