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Characteristics of family bovidae• Permanent, unbranched horns in both sexes • No lachrymal pits or fossa in skull • Have a gall bladder
Mountain goat scientific nameOreamnos americanus
Which management units are mountain goat present in?All of them
Mountain goat physical characteristics- All white pelage with beard and leg chaps - Prominent shoulder hump - Short, black recurved horns with pointed tips - Have post-cornual gland (horn glands)
How can you tell mountain goat males from females? 5 ways1. Group composition: Males typically found alone, Females with juveniles 2. Urination posture: Males stretch, females squat 3. Genitalia: - Male scrotum visible at close range - Black vulva patch of female may be visible if tail raised 4. Body Size and Pelage: - Males higher at shoulder than females and have larger beards, shoulder hair and leg chaps 5. Horn shape and size: Males have thicker horns at base and tips have gradual taper. Females taper with sharper curve
Mountain goat habitatHigh and steep -¾ time on cliff faces away from predators -¼ time in alpine meadows adjacent to cliffs
Mountain goat food and feedingSummer = grass grazing Winter = shrub browsing Use mineral licks late spring -summer Never far from cliffs for safety
When are mountain goats sexually mature? (Different for males and females)Females in 3rd year Male in 5th or 6th year
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep subspecies scientific nameOvis canadensis canadensis
Stone's Sheep (thinhorn) subspecies scientific nameOvis dalli stonei
Dall’s Sheep (thinhorn) subspecies scientific nameOvis dalli dalli
What is considered a full curl on a thinhorn sheep?Tip of horn goes beyond snout
What is considered a full curl on a bighorn?Tip of horn goes beyond eye-horn base line
What is considered a 3/4 curl on a bighorn?Tip of horn goes beyond back of eye line??
Physical characteristics of Rocky mountain bighornBrown with white on muzzle, belly, inside legs and rump Short black tail Females smaller horns
Describe RM bighorn social behaviour- Males live in bachelor groups except during rut - Nursery groups consist of adult females with lambs and young males - Herds usually <40 animals; males in smaller groups than females, larger mixed herds during rut
Dall's sheep physical characteristics- Mostly white body with yellowish horns - Mature rams have full-curled, flared horns
Stone's sheep physical characteristics- Blackish pelage with greyish head and neck - white muzzle, belly, inside of legs and rump patch; black tail -Horn colour can be brown on outside edge and yellowish on the inside edge
Mountain sheep habitat-open, treeless habitat for foraging with steep, rocky areas close by for escape -Rams take greater risks than ewes Summer = major rivers Winters = steep, wind-swept, south facing slopes
When are mountain sheep sexually mature?1.5 years
Plains bison subspecies scientific nameBos bison bison
Wood bison subspecies scientific nameBos bison athabascae
What is the conservation status of Bison?Threatened/Red listed
What is the difference between plains and wood bison?Cape and chaps more distinctive in Plains bison Wood = Highest point of hump forward of shoulders Plains = directly over shoulders
Bison rutting behaviourWallowing and head butting