Antilocapridae
Family of mammals belonging to even-toed ungulates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Capridae.
The Antilocapridae are a family of ruminant artiodactyls endemic to North America. Their closest extant relatives are the giraffids.[1] Only one species, the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), is living today; all other members of the family are extinct. The living pronghorn is a small ruminant mammal resembling an antelope.
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Antilocapridae | |
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Pronghorns in Fort Keogh, Montana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Suborder: | Ruminantia |
Infraorder: | Pecora |
Family: | Antilocapridae J. E. Gray, 1866 |
Type genus | |
Antilocapra Ord, 1815 | |
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