The Rocky Mountain Goat or Oreamnos americanus is an introduced species in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Here is a short description of the animal from Wikipedia: Mountain goat:
The mountain goat is an even-toed ungulate of the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae that includes antelopes, gazelles, and cattle. It belongs to the subfamily Caprinae (goat-antelopes), along with other species including true goats, sheep, the chamois, and the muskox.We have a herd of mountain goats that live right above us in Rock Canyon. This particular mountain goat was photographed near the summit ridge on Mount Timpanogos. Since they are an introduced species in Utah, some people consider them invasive and so enthusiasm for them is not universal.
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