THE MOUNTAIN GOAT AT HOME 



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ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT 



Oreamnos montanus 



Male, six years old. 



Killed September 8, 1905, near the Bull River, 

 British Columbia. 



Standing height at shoulder 



Length, nose to root of tail 



Length of tail vertebrae 



Girth behind foreleg 



Girth around abdomen 



Girth of neck behind ears (unskinned) 



Circumference of forearm, skinned 



Width of chest . 



Length of horn on curve . 



Spread of horns at tips 



Circumference of horn at base 



Circumference of front hoof 



Circumference of rear hoof 



Base of ear to end of nostrils 



Front corner of eye to rear corner nostril opening 



Widest spread of ears, tip to tip . 



Inches 

 38 



59 25 



350 



55 



58 

 18 



II .25 

 14 



9-75 



5 



5.60 

 10.50 



7-75 

 10.50 



7 

 15 



Total weight of animal by scales, allowing 8 lbs. for blood lost 258 lbs. 



The black and naked glands in the skin behind the 

 horn were on that date small, and inconspicuous; but 

 they stood on edge, with the naked face of each closely 

 pressed against the base of the horn in front of it. 



On another occasion I shot a thin old goat that stood 

 forty-two inches high at the shoulders, and Mr. Phillips 

 shot another that weighed two hundred and seventy- 

 six pounds. After we had thoroughly dissected my goat, 

 weighed it, examined the contents of its stomach, and 

 saved a good sample of its food for close examination at 

 camp, we tied up the hindquarters, head and pelt, and 

 set out for camp. 



