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Pronghorn Antelope
Antilocapra americana
43.528, -105.219
Field Notes
Description:
A species of artiodactyl mammal endemic to interior western and central North America.
Each "horn" of the Pronghorn is composed of a slender, laterally flattened blade of bone that grows from the frontal bones of the skull, forming a permanent core.
Habitat:
Pronghorns were brought to scientific notice by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which found them in what is now South Dakota, USA. The range extends from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada south through the United States (southwestern Minnesota and central Texas west to coastal southern California and northern Baja California Sur, to Sonora and San Luis Potosí in northern Mexico.
Notes:
We are currently traveling through the land of "where the deer and the antelope play" !!! What a great animal this is
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