Pronghorn
This male pronghorn in Central Wyoming belongs to the last surviving member of the Antilocapridae family in North America. Known as the fastest land animal in the Western Hemisphere, they are believed to have evolved such speeds to evade now extinct predators.
- Copyright
- © 2011
- Image Size
- 3972x2638 / 8.8MB
- Keywords
-
A. americana, Animalia, Antilocapra, Antilocapra americana, Antilocapridae, Artiodactyla, Chordata, Mammalia, Pecora, Ruminantia, Wyoming, animal, antelope, artiodactyl, beautiful, beauty, cabri, central, environment, habitat, indigenous, inland, interior, native, natural, nature, north america, prong buck, pronghorn, pronghorn antelope, rural, summer, vertebrate, western, wild, wilderness, wildlife, zoology
- Contained in galleries
- Pronghorns (Antilocaprids)