Antilocapra

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
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent[1]
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 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
  1. "Antilocapra". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Richards, Gary D.; McCrossin, Monte L. (1991). "A new species of antilocapra from the late Quaternary of California". Geobios. 24 (5): 623–635. Bibcode:1991Geobi..24..623R. doi:10.1016/0016-6995(91)80027-W.
  4. "Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. "Capromeryx minor Taylor 1911". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. "Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. "Stockoceros onusrosagris Roosevelt and Burden 1934". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. "Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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