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Antilocapra americana

 – Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: ARTIODACTYLA
Family: ANTILOCAPRIDAE
Scientific Name: Antilocapra americana
Species Authority: (Ord, 1815)
Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Antilocapra americana ssp. sonoriensis

See Antilocapra americana ssp. mexicana

See Antilocapra americana ssp. peninsularis
Common Name/s:
English—MEXICAN PRONGHORN, PRONGHORN
French—ANTILOCAPRE, ANTILOPE AMÉRICAINE, PRONGHORN
Spanish—BERRENDO

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/lc    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Antelope Specialist Group

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Canada; Mexico; United States

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Citation: Antelope Specialist Group 1996. Antilocapra americana. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 August 2008.
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