Antilocapra

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Antilocapra
Temporal range: 2.5–0 Ma
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Early Pleistocene – Recent[1]
2015-06-10 Pronghorn in Yellowstone National Park, USA 7862.jpg
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Antilocapridae
Tribe: Antilocaprini
Genus: Antilocapra
Ord, 1818
Species

Antilocapra americana
†Antilocapra pacifica

Antilocapra is a genus of antilocaprid that 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.[2] The name means "antelope-goat"

Antilocapra is the only surviving genus of pronghorn, though three other genera (Capromeryx,[3][4] Stockoceros[5][6] and Tetrameryx[7]) existed in North America up until the end of the Pleistocene.

References[]

  1. ^ "Antilocapra". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. ^ Richards, Gary D.; McCrossin, Monte L. (1991). "A new species of antilocapra from the late Quaternary of California". Geobios. 24 (5): 623–635. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(91)80027-W.
  3. ^ "Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Capromeryx minor Taylor 1911". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Stockoceros onusrosagris Roosevelt and Burden 1934". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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