Pronghorn Images, Facts and Information:
Antilocapra americana
- Pronghorn are large animals with tan and white bodies, large black eyes, white rumps, long legs and horns at the tops of their heads. The horns of males are larger than females.
- Pronghorns are found in western North America and Central America including Mexico.
- Pronghorns prefer open terrain from 3000 to 5900 feet in elevation.
- Pronghorn eat sagebrush, forbs and grasses.
- Pronghorn are also called Pronghorn Antelopes or Antelopes but they are not true antelopes, they have been called that because they resemble Old World antelopes. They are the only surviving members of the family Antilocapridae.
- Pronghorns are the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere.
- Some pronghorns are migratory.
- Nicknames for Pronghorn include Speed Goat, Sage Goat, Desert Racer, Goat-a-lope, Sagebrush Rocket, and Prairie Ghost.
- Pronghorns give birth to one to two fawns.
- Pronghorn can live from 10 to 15 years of age.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Pronghorn photos.
Alert 1st year Pronghorn
Title: Alert 1st year Pronghorn
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2012
Pronghorn buck chasing his harem
Title: Pronghorn buck chasing his harem
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2012
Buck Pronghorn running after his harem
Title: Buck Pronghorn running after his harem
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2012
Pronghorn keeping an eye on his harem
Title: Pronghorn keeping an eye on his harem
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2012
Pronghorn doe in a field of Moth Mullein
Title: Pronghorn doe in a field of Moth Mullein
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2012
Pronghorn buck at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Pronghorn buck at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Pronghorn doe on a Utah hilltop
Title: Pronghorn doe on a Utah hilltop
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/11/2012
Pronghorn with unusual horns
Title: Pronghorn with unusual horns
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2011
Pronghorn buck with a pretty rack
Title: Pronghorn buck with a pretty rack
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2011
Head on portrait of a Pronghorn buck
Title: Head on portrait of a Pronghorn buck
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2011
Profile of atypical Pronghorn buck
Title: Profile of atypical Pronghorn buck
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/3/2011
Atypical Pronghorn buck with sunflowers
Title: Atypical Pronghorn buck with sunflowers
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/3/2011
Atypical Pronghorn buck eating
Title: Atypical Pronghorn buck eating
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/3/2011
Pronghorn buck in wild Sunflowers III
Title: Pronghorn buck in wild Sunflowers III
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/28/2011
Native
Pronghorn buck in wild Sunflowers II
Title: Pronghorn buck in wild Sunflowers II
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/28/2011
Native
Pronghorn buck in wild Sunflowers I
Title: Pronghorn buck in wild Sunflowers I
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/28/2011
Native
Pronghorn doe with dark canyon walls behind her
Title: Pronghorn doe with dark canyon walls behind her
Location: Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Antelope Flat, Daggett County, Utah
Date: 9/22/2011
Pronghorns of Antelope Flat, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Title: Pronghorns of Antelope Flat, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Location: Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Antelope Flat, Daggett County, UT
Date: 9/22/2011
Pronghorn does on an Antelope Flat hillside
Title: Pronghorn does on an Antelope Flat hillside
Location: Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Antelope Flat, Daggett County, Utah
Date: 9/22/2011
Pronghorn buck marking his territory amongst Rabbitbrush
Title: Pronghorn buck marking his territory amongst Rabbitbrush
Location: Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Antelope Flat, Daggett County, Utah
Date: 9/22/2011