THE MOUNTAIN GOAT AT HOME 63 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT 



Oreamnos montanus 



Male, six years old. Killed September 8, 1905, near the Bull River, 



British Columbia. 



Inches 



Standing height at shoulder 38 



Length, nose to root of tail 59 .25 



Length of tail vertebrae 3 . 50 



Girth behind foreleg 55 



Girth around abdomen 58 



Girth of neck behind ears (unskinned) 1 8 



Circumference of forearm, skinned 1 1 . 25 



Width of chest 14 



Length of horn on curve 9-75 



Spread of horns at tips 5 



Circumference of horn at base 5 . 60 



Circumference of front hoof 10.50 



Circumference of rear hoof 7-75 



Base of ear to end of nostrils IO-5O 



Front corner of eye to rear corner nostril opening ... 7 



Widest spread of ears, tip to tip 15 



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



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. 



