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The mountain goats aren't actual goats (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Per Wikipedia:

Despite its vernacular name and both genera being in the same subfamily (Caprinae), the mountain goat is not a member of Capra, the genus that includes all true goats (such as the wild goat (Capra aegagrus), from which the domestic goat is derived); rather, it is more closely allied with the other bovids known as “goat-antelopes”, including the European chamois (Rupicapra), the gorals (Naemorhedus), the takins (Budorcas) and the serows (Capricornis), of Japan and eastern South Asia.