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Antilocapridae (pronghorn antelope)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Antilocapridae are a family of artiodactyls endemic to North America. Their closest extant relatives are the giraffids with which they comprise the superfamily Giraffoidea. 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. It bears small, forked horns.
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Genus

Antilocapra (pronghorn) (2)
Capromeryx (6)
Ceratomeryx (1)
Cosoryx (4)
Hayoceros (2)
Hexameryx (1)
Hexobelomeryx (1)
Ilingoceros (2)
Merriamoceros (1)
Merycodus (11)
Osbornoceros (1)
Ottoceros (1)
Paracosoryx (5)
Plioceros (3)
Proantilocapra (1)
Ramoceros (5)
Sphenophalos (3)
Stockoceros (2)
Submeryceros (1)
Tetrameryx (5)
Texoceros (5)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0