Mountain Goat Vs Bighorn Sheep. Bighorn sheep are brown and are never white. The mountain goat oreamnos americanus often confused with white wild sheep wild sheep and mountain goats oreamnos americanus are close cousins both belonging to the family bovidae but they are distinctly different species to the inexperienced eye female sheep especially dall sheep may be confused with mountain goats.
A bighorn sheep is actually a sheep. It is named for its large horns. There are hybrids between.
The sheep typically weigh up to 143 kg 315 lb.
Dall sheep are closely related to bighorn sheep and are part of the genus that includes the domestic sheep. Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspecies of ovis canadensis one of which is endangered. Dall sheep are closely related to bighorn sheep and are part of the genus that includes the domestic sheep. The coat of the mountain goat is white and shaggy compared to the short brown hair of the bighorn sheep.