Oreamnos Rafinesque 1817 (mountain goat)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Synonyms: Aplocerus Hamilton-Smith 1827, Haplocerus Wagner 1844

Parent taxon: Caprini according to Z. T. Calamari 2021

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Frick 1937, Grubb 2001 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Oreamnos americanus Oreamnos harringtoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), United States (8: California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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