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A pair of female Pronghorns watch me from a safe distance in Wyoming. A blue sky with pretty cumulous clouds is the background of this prairie picture. Pronghorns (Antilocarpa americana), falsely called antelope, are naive to North America. They are so named for their unique forked horns, which they shed annually. They can run at 60 miles per hour, the fasted hooved (ungulate) animal on the continent. They also perform the longest migration of any terrestrial animal on the continent except the caribou. Once decimated, their numbers have stabilized, but fractured migration routes due to human barriers such as roads and fences threaten that stability. Their native range is greatly reduced. Being herbivores, they migrate through grasslands and deserts each year. Diminutive and delicate with big brown eyes, they weigh only 90 - 150 pounds maximum and are about 3 feet tall to the shoulder. Both sexes have horns, the males being longer, to 12". They have excellent vison. Related to goats, they chew their cud similarly. They get most of their water from the vegetation they consume.

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A pair of female Pronghorns watch me from a safe distance in Wyoming. A blue sky with pretty cumulous clouds is the background of this prairie picture. Pronghorns (Antilocarpa americana), falsely called antelope, are naive to North America. They are so named for their unique forked horns, which they shed annually. They can run at 60 miles per hour, the fasted hooved (ungulate) animal on the continent. They also perform the longest migration of any terrestrial animal on the continent except the caribou. Once decimated, their numbers have stabilized, but fractured migration routes due to human barriers such as roads and fences threaten that stability. Their native range is greatly reduced. Being herbivores, they migrate through grasslands and deserts each year. Diminutive and delicate with big brown eyes, they weigh only 90 - 150 pounds maximum and are about 3 feet tall to the shoulder. Both sexes have horns, the males being longer, to 12". They have excellent vison. Related to goats, they chew their cud similarly. They get most of their water from the vegetation they consume.
Home Decor & Stock Photography; Nature; On Location Portraiture; Illustration.
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