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 portrait
Title: Pronghorn buck portrait
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/4/2014
Pronghorn yearling portrait
Title: Pronghorn yearling portrait
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, UT
Date: 11/4/2014
Pronghorn buck showing extra horny growths
Title: Pronghorn buck showing extra horny growths
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/11/2013
Frontal view of an odd Pronghorn buck
Title: Frontal view of an odd Pronghorn buck
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/11/2013
Side view of an odd Pronghorn buck
Title: Side view of an odd Pronghorn buck
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/11/2013
Pronghorn buck on Antelope Island
Title: Pronghorn buck on Antelope Island
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/26/2013
Resting Pronghorn doe
Title: Resting Pronghorn doe
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2013
Pronghorn doe grooming
Title: Pronghorn doe grooming
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2013
Pronghorn doe in Black Mustard
Title: Pronghorn doe in Black Mustard
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2013
Two Pronghorn does
Title: Two Pronghorn does
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2013
Two doe Pronghorns chasing another doe
Title: Two doe Pronghorns chasing another doe
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2013
Two Pronghorns butting heads
Title: Two Pronghorns butting heads
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/9/2013
Pronghorn buck in winter
Title: Pronghorn buck in winter
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, UT
Date: 2/15/2013
Young Pronghorn chewing on food
Title: Young Pronghorn chewing on food
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2012
Pronghorn buck in horn regrowth
Title: Pronghorn buck in horn regrowth
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2012
Close up showing the horn regrowth of a male Pronghorn
Title: Close up showing the horn regrowth of a male Pronghorn
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2012
Pronghorn yearling nibbling on Mullein
Title: Pronghorn yearling nibbling on Mullein
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2012
Pronghorn does being herded by a buck
Title: Pronghorn does being herded by a buck
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2012
Pronghorn buck running by
Title: Pronghorn buck running by
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2012
Buck Pronghorn in rut
Title: Buck Pronghorn in rut
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/14/2012