Mountain Goat Is Not A Goat. Where to hunt mountain goat. They spend their time at high altitudes in rocky mountains all year round away from most predators.
This strutting muscular male however looks to be much closer to 4 feet tall making him a truly impressive and rare sight. There are many members of the capra family that could go by the name of mountain goat. Despite its vernacular name it is not a member of capra the genus that includes all other goats such as the wild goat capra aegagrus from which the domestic goat is derived.
It comes from a line of ancestors of sheep and goats approaching another singular species.
They spend their time at high altitudes in rocky mountains all year round away from most predators. Their lifespans are usually limited by the wearing down of their teeth in the wild. The rocky mountain goat is an ungulate artiodactyl mammal of the bovidae family but it is not in fact a real goat. The mountain goat habitat is unique and allows the animal to thrive.