ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT 351 
Head of Rocky Mountain Goat. 
The ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT (Oreamnus montanus),. 
(Also known as Haploceros montanus.) 
This is one of the very few mammals that are permanently white 
or whitish at all seasons ; and although commonly termed a goat, really 
belongs to the same group as the serows, which it closely resembles in 
the form and colour of the horns. In winter the hair is very long and 
pure white in colour ; along the back it is erect, and much clongated 
on the withers and haunches, so as to give to the animal the 
appearance of possessing a pair of humps. The summer coat is 
comparatively short, and has a yellowish tinge. There is a black gland, 
sometimes as large as half an orange, at the back of the base of each 
horn. Height at shoulder just short of 3 feet ; weight about 300 lbs. 
Several local races have been named. 
Distribution.—North America; throughout the Rocky Mountains, from 
the Salmon River, Idaho, as far north as lat. 63° 30’. 
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Length on Circum Tip to Tip. Locality. Owner. 
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—114 + 3% British Columbia . Clive Phillipps-Wolley. 
9-114 4¢ 64 Montana . : . G. L. Harrison. 
- Owner's measurements. 
