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Rocky Mountain Goat

Oreamnos americanus

Photo by HeidiEaton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

These are two goat kids, probably a month or so old. Native to the northwest Rockies, Rocky Mountain Goats were introduced to Colorado.

Habitat:

Alpine mountaintop

Reference Links:

Mountain goat

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Comments (3)
YukoChartraw
Very precious! And a very beautiful photo, too.
EmilyMarino
Excellent! I need to get up to the high country in the next couple weeks to get some shots myself!
The MnMs
Very beautiful must have been this encounter with baby mountain goats!

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Mission
Rocky Mountain Wildlife Watch
Mission
Front Range Life of Colorado

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PublishedAugust 4, 2013

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