Antilocapridae - Pronghorns
 There is only one species in this order, the pronghorn.
The pronghorn is a unique North American mammal. Its Latin name, Antilocapra americana, means "American goat-antelope," but it is not a member of the goat or the antelope family and it is not related to the antelopes found in Africa. The pronghorn is the only surviving member of the Antilocapridae family and it has been in North America for over a million years! One subspecies of the American pronghorn, the
Sonoran pronghorn,
is an endangered species. The Sonoran pronghorn is also known as the "prairie ghost" because they are so hard to find. They are found in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. There may only be as few as 30 alive in the wild today.
 Endangered in U.S.
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 Threatened in U.S.
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 Introduced
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Pronghorn
Sonoran Pronghorn
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