Nevada records for the rocky mountain goat have a limited set of named hotspots, led by Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. That gap may reflect where people look and report, so it doesn’t prove absence elsewhere.
These sites tie the Nevada record pattern to the state’s long mountain spine. Records from separate ranges matter because Nevada’s high country is broken into isolated peaks. The strongest reporting falls in summer, when Nevada’s high country is easiest to reach but low deserts are hottest. That may shape where observers submit records.
The file combines 38 research-grade iNaturalist records and 33 GBIF records. Those 71 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s listed as introduced in Nevada, where no state conservation listing applies. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern globally.
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