Harrington's Mountain Goat | |
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Skull and horn sheaths of O. harringtoni | |
Information | |
Range | North America |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Artiodactyla |
Family | Bovidae |
Genus | Oreamnos |
Species | †O. harringtoni |
Conservation Status | |
Extinct |
The Harrington's mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni) was a species of North American caprid that resided in the Southwest of the continent during the Pleistocene epoch. A relative of the modern mountain goat, which is the only existing species in the genus Oreamnos, O. harringtoni became extinct around 11,000 B.C.