Antilocapra
| Antilocapra Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent | |
|---|---|
| Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Tribe: | Antilocaprini |
| Genus: | Antilocapra Ord, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Antilope americana Ord, 1815 | |
| Species | |
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Antilocapra americana | |
Antilocapra is a genus of the family Antilocapridae, which contains only a single living species, the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana). Another species, the Pacific pronghorn, lived in California during the Late Pleistocene and survived as recently as 12,000 BP. The name means "antelope-goat".
Antilocapra is the only surviving genus of pronghorn, though three other genera (Capromeryx, Stockoceros and Tetrameryx) existed in North America up until the end of the Pleistocene.
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