MOUNTAIN GOAT 



Mountain Goat. 



-Oreamnos americanus 



and related forms 



Names. — IVIountain Goat; Rocky Mountain Goat; Ameri- 

 can Chamois; White Goat; Mazama, Plate XLVI. 



General Description. — A large white Mountain Antelope 

 of about the size and general appearance of a very large Goat ; 

 both sexes horned; horns rather small, slender, and slightly 



Fig. I2Q. Mountain Goat 



curved backward ; pelage long, shaggy and with woolly under- 

 fur; chin with short beard; tail short. 



Color. — Sexes colored alike; no essential change in color 

 with the seasons. 



Everywhere white, with more or less pale yellowish tinge; 

 horns blackish. 



Immature pelage like that of adults. 



Measurements. — Males larger than females. Total length, 



547 



