File:Mountain goat standing on ground - DPLA - f2e6946a09a95ed94a58d528a0f4cac7.jpg
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 800 × 543 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 217 pixels | 640 × 435 pixels | 1,024 × 696 pixels | 1,280 × 870 pixels | 1,578 × 1,072 pixels.
Original file (1,578 × 1,072 pixels, file size: 423 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Summary
[edit]Mountain goat standing on ground ( ) | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Creator InfoField | Garst, Warren, 1922-2016, photographer | ||||||||||
Title |
Mountain goat standing on ground |
||||||||||
Description |
35 mm slide; color. Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Genus: Oreamnos; Genus species: Oreamnos americanus. Animal characteristics: Head-Body Length: 1.2-1.8 m; Identification: The undercoat of the mountain goat is thick and woolly, and the upper coat is longer. The horns are black, and the goat also has a spongy inner pad on its hoof for gripping rocks; Habitat: Rocky mountains, above the tree line; Diet: Herbivore: lichens, mosses, woody plants, grasses, herbaceous plants; Reproduction: Mountain goats breed from November to January and are thought to be monogamous. Gestation lasts 150-180 days. One to three kids are born to each female; Social Structure: During the summer, mountain goats are solitary. With the start of the rut and through the winter, they form small groups; Behavior: When males are fighting over a female, they do not run at each other and butt heads. Rather, they stand side-by-side and stab each other's flanks; Status: No special status; Interesting Facts: You can determine a mountain goat's age by counting its horn rings. Its main predator is the cougar. |
||||||||||
Date |
between 1958 and 1988 date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1958-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q110673471 |
||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
|
||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 00:54, 24 March 2022 | 1,578 × 1,072 (423 KB) | DPLA bot (talk | contribs) | Uploading DPLA ID f2e6946a09a95ed94a58d528a0f4cac7 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file: