Pronghorn Antelope
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Pronghorn Antelope
Mammal. The pronghorn antelope is not really an antelope, but the sole descendent of an ancient deer-like family.
Pronghorn antelope can be found in Yellowstone National Park, WY; Grand Teton National Park, WY; Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ; Wind Cave National Park, SD; Petrified Forest National Park, AZ; Great Basin National Park, NV.
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Pronghorn antelope
Pronghorns are North American mammals similar in appearance and behaviour to Africa's antelopes. Pronghorns are built for speed and endurance and are the fastest known land mammal in America.
Pronghorn Antelope
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Pronghorn Eyes Panorama
A panoramic closeup of a pronghorn antelope's eyes in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Pa...
The Path of the Pronghorn Antelope VideoAn icon of the American West faces new obstacles as it travels an ancient route through sagebrush plains.
In: Proceedings, 8th biennial pronghorn antelope workshop; 1978 May 2-4; Jasper, AB. Edmonton, AB: Alberta Recreation, Parks, and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife Division: 270-304. [3300] 4. Anon. 1961. Pronghorn antelope. Wild. Ser. Leaf. 2.
Gray wolves are carnivores which prey on large herbivores such as deer and Pronghorn antelope, but will also eat rabbits, ground squirrels, and mice. The decline of the Gray Wolf has been attributed mostly to predator control by humans.
The Cheetah is the fastest land animal, the next fastest being the North American pronghorn antelope. It is quiet and shy, cannot roar, seldom fights, and purrs when contented. Its main enemies are the lion, leopard, hyena and baboon.
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Right away I saw a small group of Pronghorn Antelopes and a Sharptailed Grouse crossed the road and posed for a picture.
The pronghorn antelope of the Great Plains belongs to the family Antilocapridae. The Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa), sometimes classified as an antelope, can run with a speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).
FOOD: Primarily small rodents and rabbits, young pronghorn antelope, deer, fawns, domestic animals carrion, additionally, will scavenge anything animal or vegetable.
REFERENCES: Burt 1952 Cstui et al ...
Other Names
Antelope, Pronghorn Antelope, Berrendo
Size
length: males 1.3-1.5 m, females 1.3-1.5m ...
Springbok have exceptional eyesight (much like the American pronghorn antelope) and where they have been hunted, are difficult to get close to if they sense you first.
and paraxonic; the 3rd and 4th metapodials are fused to form cannon bones, the lateral digits are lost (the lateral metapodials may be present as vestiges), and the tarsals are reduced in number and generally cuboidal in shape. Pronghorn antelope are ...
 See also: Pronghorn, Antelope, Deer, Cheetah, Pronghorns
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