Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)

Rocky Mountain goat or mountain goats are native to the Cascade Mountains in central Washington, as well as other area of western Canada and the United States. It was introduce to the Southern Rocky Mountains by the Colorado Division of Wildlife beginning in 1949.

The Rocky Mountain goat is not a true goat but one of the so-called goat-antelopes closely related to the chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra of Eurasia. With its short neck, large head and pure white coat, it looks more like a domestic animal than a wild species.

Rocky Mountain goats prefer steep rocky slopes above 6000 feet in elevation, although they use lower elevation areas periodically during winter.

The subfamily Caprinae include all true mountain-dwelling ungulates, characterized by high developed climbing skills, reliance on cliffs or steep terrain to escape predation, presence of horns in both sexes and for most species a complex seasonal pattern of home range use.
Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)

Civet

Civets, also known as civet cats, are not related to cats and have shorter legs and longer muzzles than do cats.

There are 17 species of civets although ‘civet’ is a generic name not related to a scientific classification and the grouping of these species varies according to which authority is followed. Civet cats are native to Africa, the animals are also found in India, Malaysia, Indochina and Indonesia.

Originally derived from an Arabic term the word civet was at first used to denote a scent obtained from the African civet.

This animal is remarkable for the production of the drug called civet, sometimes erroneously confounded with musk. This is a substance which is fund in a large double glandular receptacle situated at a little distance beneath the tail,

The diet of civets is typically varied. It may include insects, crabs and other invertebrates, as well as frogs, lizards, snakes, fish, birds and mammals.

The civet is nearly two feet and a half in length; the tail is more than one foot, and the mean height of the animal is about one foot three inches.
Civet