A. a. americana A. a. mexicana A. a. oregona A. a. peninsularis A. a. sonoriensis
Range of the pronghorn
The pronghorn (UK: /ˈprɒŋhɔːrn/, US: /ˈprɔːŋ-/)[4] (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope and prairie antelope,[5] because it closely resembles the antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to parallel evolution.[6] It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.[7]
During the Pleistocene epoch, about 11 other antilocaprid species existed in North America, many with long or spectacularly-twisted horns.[8] Three other genera (Capromeryx,[9][10]Stockoceros[11][12] and Tetrameryx[13]) existed when humans entered North America but are now extinct.
The pronghorn's closest living relatives are the giraffe and okapi.[14] The Antilocaprids are part of the infraorder Pecora, making them distant relatives of deer, bovids, and moschids.
The pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in the Americas, with running speeds of up to 88.5 km/h (55 mph). It is the symbol of the American Society of Mammalogists.[15]
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^IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Antilocapra americana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1677A115056938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1677A50181848.en. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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^Caton, J. D. (1876). "The American Antelope, or Prong Buck". The American Naturalist. 10 (4): 193–205. doi:10.1086/271628. JSTOR 2448724.
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^Hawes, Alex (November 2001). "Pronghorns - Survivors of the American Savanna". Zoogoer. Smithsonian. Archived from the original on 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
^Smithsonian Institution. North American Mammals: Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Archived 2016-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
^"Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
^"Capromeryx minor Taylor 1911". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
^Upham, N.S.; Esselstyn, J.A.; Jetz, W. (2019). "Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation". PLOS Biology. 17 (12): e3000494. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494. PMC 6892540. PMID 31800571. See Fig. S10 in Supplementary Information.
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The pronghorn (UK: /ˈprɒŋhɔːrn/, US: /ˈprɔːŋ-/) (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior...
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