Pronghorn: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pronghorn lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Antilocapra americana
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	3.5 kg (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Antilocapridae

Where does the pronghorn live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pronghorn in 3 countries and territories across North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Canada, United States, Mexico.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a pronghorn?

Wikidata records the following for the pronghorn: mass 3.5 kg (birth weight).

Is the pronghorn endangered?

The pronghorn’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pronghorn?

The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Antilocapridae, genus Antilocapra. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pronghorn

The pronghorn (UK: , US: ) (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope, and prairie antelope, because it closely resembles the antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to parallel evolution. It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.

During the Pleistocene epoch, about 11 other antilocaprid species existed in North America, many with long or spectacularly twisted horns. Three other genera (Capromeryx, Stockoceros and Tetrameryx) existed when humans entered North America, but are now extinct.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pronghorn (revision 1380732916), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q187943 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).