### animal | vertebrate | mammal | hoofed mammal | ruminant | bovid:

Mountain goat
* Most mountain goats consume food.
* Most mountain goats develop front legs
  - drink water
* Most mountain goats eat grass
  - plants
* Most mountain goats have horns
  - short legs
* Most mountain goats inhabit habitats
  - slopes
* Most mountain goats live in areas
  - mountains
  - regions
  - occur at elevation
* Most mountain goats occur in habitats
  - high altitude habitats
  - terrains
* Most mountain goats prefer cliffs
  - meadows
  - select habitats
* Most mountain goats use forest habitats
* Some mountain goats are classified as feeders.
* Some mountain goats have dispersal tendencies
  - strong tendencies
* Some mountain goats occupy cliffs
* Some mountain goats occur in meadows
  - patches
  - swim across rivers
* Some mountain goats use fire
  - snow
  - bands
  - born with special padding to cushion their hooves
  - found in Canada, Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana
  - most social during the winter and tend to go solo in the summer
* are one example with hooves specially designed for climbing slippery rocks
  - of two species of all-white, hoofed, large mammals found in Alaska
* eat a variety of plant species
  - grasses, sedges, herbs, shrubs, ferns mosses and lichen
  - lichens
  - plants, grasses, mosses, and other alpine vegetation
* feed intensively in summer, fattening up for winter.
* forage sites.
* graze tops.
* have a double coat suitable for their freezing cold habitat
  - white coat of dense, long, soft hair
  - backs
  - no seasonal migration, but often trek to salt licks in the valleys
  - true horns that continually grow and which they never shed
  - two sharp horns
  - rocky terrain in alpine and subalpine regions
  - the nearby cliffs, and black bears are relatively common
* live at high altitudes and walk icy paths.
  - western North America in the mountains
  - on the rocky crags
* occupy habitats from alpine areas into the forested slopes
  - to forested slopes
  - only in northwestern North America
* rare, long, coarse to fine white hair that's good formost deer-hair work.
* reproduce at a slow rate.
* resting sites include rocks, snowbanks, and vegetated areas.
* scale the steep rocks above bighorn sheep, elk, mountain lions, and bears.
* seek shelter.
* shed coats.

Wild sheep
* Most wild sheep inhabit regions.
* Some wild sheep eat berries.
* are largely variations of brown hues.
* can climb high mountains.
* eat berries or grass.
* have horns which grow in a spiral, while some domestic sheep have no horns.
* live in social groups, but rams and ewes typically meet only to mate.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | hoofed mammal | ruminant:

Cervid
* All cervids are obligate herbivores with diets including grass, small shrubs, and leaves.
* also communicate through a variety of hormone and pheromone signals
  - use visual communication, known as scraping
* are an important food source for many predators throughout their geographic range
  - split-hoofed mammals with no incisor teeth in the front of the upper jaw
  - the only mammals habing antlers
* lack upper incisors and instead have a hard palate.
* living in temperate zones typically breed during late autumn or early winter.
* typically lack one premolar in both their deciduous and adult set of teeth.

Mouse deer
* Most mouse deer have adult life
* Some mouse deer occur in forest tracts
  * live in Asia. They are about the size of a hare, with short, thin legs. They stamp their small feet to signal to each other. Mouse deer are extremely nervous. When they are surprised, they freeze immediately, and then run away in a zig-zag through the forest
  - very shy and try to remain unseen
  - no upper incisors