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title: "Pronghorn"
description: "Antilocapra americana — Mammiferi. The pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/pronghorn
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pronghorn

> Antilocapra americana — Mammiferi. The pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America.

- Scientific name: *Antilocapra americana*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 26673
- Wikidata: [Q187943](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187943)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42429](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42429)

## Names

- en: Pronghorn
- de: Gabelbock
- es: Berrendo
- fr: Antilocapre
- nl: Gaffelbok
- pt: Antilocapra
- pl: Widłoróg

## Countries with the most observations

US (23045), CA (2078), MX (238)

## Summary

The pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope, and prairie antelope, because it closely resembles the antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to parallel evolution. It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn

## Photo

![Pronghorn](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pronghorn/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Blanco · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155389936

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pronghorn?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).