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Beej99
Not so according to a book in front of me " BIG GAME OF NORTH AMERICA" (ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, A Wildlife Management Institute Book)

Here is what it says in the section on Mountain Goat TAXONOMY: " Some recent articles incorrectly claim that the mountain goat is a close relative of the pronghorn, which is the sole surviving species of the family Antilocapridae."

In the section on Pronghorn taxonomy it says:..." thus pronghorn maintain a unique distinction among North American big game due to scientific classification of a single family, genus and species."

So you see they are really not related to anything in N.A. and are PRONGHORN or Antelope and no more related to goats than you or I.

I guess I just have a thing for calling a spade a spade and not using any of the funny little nick names some folks think up for diffrent animals.

Robin