Taxonomy Profile: Oreamnos americanus (Blainville 1816)

Oreamnos americanus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Oreamnos americanus columbiae
Hollister 1912
Oreamnos americanus columbianus
Desmoulins 1823
Oreamnos americanus dorsatus
Rafinesque 1817
Oreamnos americanus kennedyi
Elliot 1900
Oreamnos americanus lanigera
CH Smith 1821
Oreamnos americanus missoulae
JA Allen 1904
Oreamnos americanus montanus
Ord 1815
Oreamnos americanus sericeus
Rafinesque 1817
Common Name(s):
mountain goat []
Rocky Mountain goat []
Mountain Goat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Oreamnos americanus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Artiodactyla
cloven-hoofed ungulates |
even-toed ungulates |
porco do mato |
veado |
artiodactyls |
Family : Bovidae
bovids |
antelopes |
cattle |
goats |
sheep |
Subfamily : Caprinae
Genus : Oreamnos
mountain goats |
Species : Oreamnos americanus
mountain goat |
Rocky Mountain goat |
Mountain Goat |
Oreamnos americanus Direct Children(s):
Oreamnos americanus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Oreamnos americanus
Expert:
Peter Grubb
Notes:
35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England
Reference for:
Oreamnos americanus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Oreamnos americanus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Oreamnos americanus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Oreamnos americanus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Oreamnos americanus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
Page(s):
xxv + 750
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-845-2/
Notes:
Reference for:
Oreamnos americanus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Oreamnos americanus
Oreamnos americanus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Alaska / Native & Introduced
Oreamnos americanus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Revised by Cowan and McCrory (1970). Reviewed by Rideout and Hoffmann (1975, Mammalian Species, 63)