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American antelope: Pronghorn, or antilocapra americana is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal. Indigenous to interior western and central north America. That is built for speed, and runs 90 km/h.
Though not an antelope, it is known in north Americas as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope and prairie antelope. It resembles the antelope and fills a similar ecological niche. It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae. About 11 antilocaprid species existed in North America. During the pleistocene epoch three other…