Pronghorn Antelope

The pronghorn is an artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal native to western and central North America's interior. Though not an antelope, it is sometimes referred to as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope, prairie antelope, or simply antelope in North America because it closely resembles the antelopes of the Old World and fills a comparable ecological niche due to parallel development. It is the only member of the Antilocapridae family that has survived.

The giraffe and okapi are the pronghorn's closest living cousins as members of the superfamily Giraffoidea. Pronghorns are closer relatives of the Cervidae (deer) and Bovidae (cattle, goats, sheep, antelopes, and gazelles), among others, because the Giraffoidea are members of the infraorder Pecora.

Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the pronghorn was abundant in the Plains Indians' territory and the territory of the Northwest Plateau's indigenous peoples, and it was hunted as a primary food source by the local tribes. In Native American mythology and oral history, the pronghorn occupies an important role.

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