It can run exceptionally fast, being built for maximum predator evasion through running, and is generally accepted to be the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere.
Type: Mammal
Sound
- It has a very large heart and lungs, and hollow hair so it can sustain high speeds longer than cheetahs.
- Although built for speed, it is a very poor jumper. Their ranges are often affected by sheep ranchers' fences.
Food and Life
- They are Herbivore
- They eat a wide variety of plant foods, often including plants that are toxic to domestic livestock (sheep and cattle)
- They seldom drink water, because they receive most of their water from the plants they eat.
- Pronghorns have an average lifespan of around 10 years.
Habitat
- Pronghorns live primarily in grasslands but also in brushland and deserts.
- The range extends from southern Canada through the United States southwestern Minnesota and central Texas west to coastal southern California and northern Baja California and northern Mexico.
Migration
- They migrate from the foothills of the Pioneer Mountains through Craters of the Moon National Monumentto the Continental Divide covering more than 160 miles.
MEASUREMENTS
- Adult males are 1.3–1.5 m (4 ft 3 in–4 ft 10 in) long from nose to tail, stand 81–104 cm (32–41 in) high at the shoulder, and male weigh 36–70 kg (79–150 lb) ,while female weigh 41–50 kg (90–110 lb).
- The body temperature is 38 °C (100 °F).
- The horns of males are well developed 12.5–43 cm.Females have smaller horns 2.5–15 cm
Population
- By the 1920s, hunting pressure had reduced the pronghorn population to about 13,000.Protection of habitat and hunting restrictions have allowed their numbers to recover to an estimated population of between 500,000 and 1,000,000.
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