Mountain Goats

[unspeakablehorror]

Eight Facts About Mountain Goats You Should Know

Mountain goats are actually not goats.

Mountain goats are not in the same genus as goats. In the bovidae family, mountain goats are associated with antelopes, gazelles and cattle.

I like the above fact, but otherwise the link above is not very detailed.  Here is a more detailed link:

Mountain Goat (Oreamnos Americanus)

 Fast Facts

Size
Up to 385 pounds.                            

Distribution
Throughout Southeast Alaska, along coastal mountains and into Southcentral.                            

Diet
Sedges, forbs, low-growing shrubs, blueberries, hemlock, and lichen.                            

Predators
Wolves, bears.                            

Reproduction
Single kid is most common; twinning is rare.                            

Remarks
Mountain goats are sure-footed climbers and have specially adapted hooves for climbing in rough, slippery terrain. Mountain goats are among the most charismatic species and inhabit one of the most spectacular landscapes on earth.       

Comments

[rugessnome]

I feel like I ran across a Tumblr post where someone mentioned that first fact (or the person had run across it elsewhere) and then someone said "well I knew that The Mountain Goats (band) weren't goats" 😆

(also it might be worth noting, even taking Wikipedia with a grain of salt, that mountain goats aren't peculiar to Alaska, but the detailed source here is Alaska-specific which is probably why it offers an Alaska-centric range)

[unspeakablehorror]

Well, that is certainly also true! The Mountain Goats are indeed not goats either, haha.

And yeah, the Alaska site seems to focus on the Alaska specific range, but the first link I added has a map of the whole range. The Wikipedia site (as of my last access) seems to have...all broken links as sources an external links section separate from the references that is made up of all broken links. It uses a broken link to what I presume may have been an earlier version of the Alaska website for mountain goats, as well as a broken link to another government site. I'm not sure if this is some common Wikipedia thing or something atypical.

ETA: I checked several other Wikipedia pages, which all have an External Links section, so it appears to be a common section to add, though I don't know what logic goes into choosing the links there, and judging by the state of those links on the Mountain Goat page, it may not be receiving much maintenance.