Antilocapra

Antilocapra Temporal range: 2.5–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Pleistocene – Recent [1]
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Scientific 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 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

1. "Antilocapra". Paleobiology Database . 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.). Baltimore: 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.