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.
Pronghorn buck with misshapen horns
Title: Pronghorn buck with misshapen horns
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, UT
Date: 4/27/2011
Female Pronghorn feeding on Gray’s Biscuitroot
Title: Female Pronghorn feeding on Gray’s Biscuitroot
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, UT
Date: 4/19/2011
Pronghorn doe nibbling on Gray’s Biscuitroot
Title: Pronghorn doe nibbling on Gray’s Biscuitroot
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2011
Pronghorn doe and Gray’s Biscuitroot
Title: Pronghorn doe and Gray’s Biscuitroot
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2011
Pronghorn buck eating
Title: Pronghorn buck eating
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/13/2011
Yearling Pronghorn on Antelope Island
Title: Yearling Pronghorn on Antelope Island
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 3/13/2011
Pronghorn buck in rut
Title: Pronghorn buck in rut
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, UT
Date: 10/12/2010
Buck Pronghorn in rut
Title: Buck Pronghorn in rut
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2010
Pronghorn buck running another buck off his territory
Title: Pronghorn buck running another buck off his territory
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2010
Pronghorn buck reacting to another buck
Title: Pronghorn buck reacting to another buck
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2010
Pronghorn close up
Title: Pronghorn close up
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2010
Male Pronghorn chasing off another buck
Title: Male Pronghorn chasing off another buck
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/24/2010
Young Pronghorn with a buck
Title: Young Pronghorn with a buck
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 9/16/2010
Young Pronghorn
Title: Young Pronghorn
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, MT
Date: 9/16/2010
Pronghorn buck in a fog, Red Rock Lakes NWR, Montana
Title: Pronghorn buck in a fog, Red Rock Lakes NWR, Montana
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 9/15/2010
Pronghorn family
Title: Pronghorn family
Location: West Desert, Tooele or Juab County, Utah
Date: 7/25/2010
Young Pronghorn – Man, these babies can move!
Title: Young Pronghorn – Man, these babies can move!
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/26/2010
Adult Pronghorn with young
Title: Adult Pronghorn with young
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, MT
Date: 6/25/2010
Pronghorns on the road to Red Rock Lakes NWR
Title: Pronghorns on the road to Red Rock Lakes NWR
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, MT
Date: 6/18/2010
Pronghorn buck resting in the grasses
Title: Pronghorn buck resting in the grasses
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/17/2010