No question that a mountain goat is one of the more spectacular things you can see while hiking/camping. The only time I've seen one, albeit from a hefty distance, was on my first trip to ROMO in 2001. Pretty amazing creature. Despite its vernacular name, it is not a member of Capra, the genus of true goats. According to Wikipedia:
The mountain goat is an even-toed ungulate of the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae that includes antelopes and cattle. It belongs to the subfamily Caprinae, along with thirty-two other species including true goats, sheep, the chamois, and the musk ox. The mountain goat is the only species in the genus Oreamnos. The name Oreamnos is derived from the Greek term oros (stem ore-) "mountain" (or, alternatively, oreas "mountain nymph") and the word amnos "lamb."
Interesting? Maybe. (Via OhRanger)