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Mountain Goat
Oreamnos americanus
The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, is a large hoofed mammal endemic to North America. A subalpine to alpine species, it is a sure-footed climber commonly seen on cliffs and ice.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.554
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.595
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.549
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.131
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Birds and Beasts
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.66
Natural Magic (Magia Naturalis)
Wolfgang Hildebrand · 1616 · p.713
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42414.