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pronghorn antelope in the wild

Grant-gazelle in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Antelope in the sun

The Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal native to interior western and central North America. Although it is commonly thought of and called an antelope it is not a true antelope. The pronghorn is the only surviving member of the Antilocapridae family and has been in North America for over a million years. The pronghorn has a similar body shape to a deer but stockier and shorter legged. Both males and females grow horns but the male horns are larger. The horns are shed each year as the new horns grow from underneath. The pronghorn weighs between 90 and 120 pounds and stands about 3 1/2 feet tall at the shoulder. It has a tan to reddish brown body with white markings throughout. The pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere. Its great speed enables the pronghorn to outrun most predators. Pronghorns are migratory herd animals. Their migration routes have been threatened by fencing and fragmentation of their habitat. Pronghorns cannot jump over traditional barb wire fences like deer and elk can. They try to pass underneath and sometimes get caught in the fencing. Newer types of fencing have plastic pipe under the bottom strands which allows the animals to pass through. Pronghorns are quite numerous and in some areas like Wyoming and northern Colorado the pronghorn population at times has exceeded the human population. This pronghorn was photographed on Antelope Ridge in the National Bison Range near Charlo, Montana, USA.

A blesbok antelope (Damaliscus pygargus) in grassland, Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Botswana

A pronghorn antelope walking in a lush, green grassy meadow.

Female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) hiding in a meadow.

Impala in Lake Nakuru National Park

Springbok at Etosha National Park in Kunene Region, Namibia

Artiodactyl mammal chilling in green pasture of the preserve park

Antelope or Pronghorn alert looking at camera on hilltop in Montana, USA, North America.

Male Pronghorn Antelope

Two antelope at sunset

A pronghorn buck stands in Wyoming's evening light.

Pronghorn at Badlands National Park

Pronghorn in the rain, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, USA

Portrait of a male impala taken in the bush area in the Kruger National Park in South Africa

A springbok antelope (Antidorcas marsupialis) in natural habitat, South Africa

With burrs stuck on his head, a wild mule deer stag with antlers stands in Roxborough State Park Littleton Colorado.

Addax Antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) - Horned Antelope

Full body shot of pronghorn antelope.

Pronghorn buck surveying his territory in Grand Teton National Park

Pronghorn antelope looks off high hill top at sunrise in McCullough wild mustang refuge of Wyoming

wild animal at the park

Roe deer male during rutting season, natural habitat.

The fastest mammal in the western hemisphere, this male pronghorn poses on a knoll.

Impala in Masai Mara national park.

a pronghorn antelope buck in Wyoming in auutmn

Gemsbok (Oryx) at Etosha National Park in Kunene Region, Namibia

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