Biology:Antilocapra

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Short description: Genus of mammals

Antilocapra
Temporal range: 2.5–0 Ma
Early PleistoceneRecent[1]
2015-06-10 Pronghorn in Yellowstone National Park, USA 7862.jpg
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Antilocapridae
Tribe: Antilocaprini
Genus: Antilocapra
Ord, 1818
Type species
Antilope americana[2]
Ord, 1815
Species

Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra pacifica

Antilocapra is a genus of the family Antilocapridae, which 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.[3] The name means "antelope-goat".

Antilocapra is the only surviving genus of pronghorn, though three other genera (Capromeryx,[4][5] Stockoceros[6][7] and Tetrameryx[8]) existed in North America up until the end of the Pleistocene.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q19817351 entry