Animals / Mammal

Pronghorn

Antilocapra americana · Antilocapridae

The pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl 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, because it closely resembles the antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to parallel evolution. It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.

Where the Pronghorn lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Montana, South Dakota and New Mexico.

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Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 21,135 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.