Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana · Mammal
Not a true antelope but North America's own, the fastest land animal of the Americas, sprinting near 86 km/h and cruising at about 60. It roams the treeless plains, sagebrush, chaparral and deserts from the Canadian prairies to northern Mexico, up to 3,300 metres, gathering in large winter herds and trekking up to 160 km to escape deep snow. Up to thirty-five million once, fewer than 20,000 in the 1920s, and half a million to a million today.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In herds, day and night
- Size
- Medium
- In winter
- Leaves for winter
Where it lives
Grassland, Mediterranean Scrub, Cold Desert
Gives
Sources
- Krejci; Dewey, Antilocapra americana (pronghorn). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2009.
- Pronghorn. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Antilope d'Amérique. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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