Antilocapra americana

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Antilocapra americana - fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns

American antelope, prongbuck, pronghorn, pronghorn antelope

ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

Antilocapra, genus Antilocapra - type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species

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Key words: Antilocapra americana, diet composition, diet quality, foraging, migration, Pronghorn, Yellowstone National Park

Seasonal foraging strategies of migrant and nonmigrant Pronghorn in Yellowstone National Park

Comparison of two release methods for Antilocapra americana (Artiodactyla: Antilocapridae) in Coahuila, Mexico.

Comparacion de dos metodos de liberacion del berrendo, Antilocapra americana (Artiodactyla: Antilocapridae) en Coahuila, Mexico

Here, we examine the use of fecal pellet dimensions of endangered Sonoran pronghorn Antilocapra americana sonoriensis to distinguish between fawns, yearlings and adults.

Examining the use of fecal pellet morphometry to differentiate age classes in Sonoran pronghorn

Antilocapridae is a family within the order Artiodactyla which is currently represented by only one species of pronghorn, Antilocapra americana, distributed from southern Canada to northern Mexico (O'Gara, 1978).

Preliminary data on the diet and habitat preferences of Capromeryx Mexicana (Mammalia: antilocapridae) from the late Pleistocene of Cedral, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Ferguson, "Documenting Pronghorn Antelope antilocapra americana in the Peace River Grasslands, Alberta," Canadian Field Naturalist, vol.