29 February 2024
Although we name this animal a pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana), it isn’t an antelope in any respect.
Whilst I used to be on Street Pupil’s Southern Africa Birding Safari closing month I noticed seven species of antelopes (no longer my pictures; those are from Wikimedia Commons).
Since the pronghorn’s look is identical, I will be able to see why he’s known as an antelope, however his nearest family are different African animals, the giraffe and okapi.
Pronghorns most probably resemble antelopes as a result of they run like them, a trait they obtained to flee cheetahs(!). Cheetahs was in North The united states however disappeared a very long time in the past.
The pronghorn by no means stopped working.