Antilocapra americana (Ord 1815)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 671

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scientific name	Antilocapra americana (Ord 1815)
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[Antilope] americana Ord 1815 , in: Guthrie, New Geogr., Hist., Coml. Grammar, Philadelphia, 2nd ed., Vol. 2: 292.

Type Locality: USA, "On the plains and the highlands of the Missouri [River]".

Vernacular Names: Pronghorn.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Antilocapra americana subsp. americana Ord 1815

Subspecies Antilocapra americana subsp. mexicana Merriam 1901

Subspecies Antilocapra americana subsp. oregona V. Bailey 1932

Subspecies Antilocapra americana subsp. peninsularis Nelson 1912

Subspecies Antilocapra americana subsp. sonoriensis Goldman 1945

Distribution: S Alberta and S Saskatchewan ( Canada) south through W USA to Hidalgo, Baja California, W Sonora ( Mexico). Introduced to Lanai Isl (Hawaiian Isls).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I (Mexican populations); U.S. ESA – Endangered as A. a. peninsularis and A. a. sonoriensis; IUCN – Critically Endangered as A. a. peninsularis, Endangered as A. a. sonoriensis, Lower Risk (cd) as A. a. mexicana, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by O'Gara (1978, Mammalian Species, 90).