Pronghorn

The pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Antlers are shed and regrown yearly while horns are never shed and continue to grow throughout an animal's life. One exception is the pronghorn, which sheds and regrows its horn sheath each year. Pronghorn like open plains, fields, grasslands, brush, deserts, and basins. Between the summer and winter, pronghorn migrate between feeding grounds to survive the harsh winter. Pronghorn are herbivores. They eat grasses, forbs, sagebrush, and other prairie plants. Behavior. The pronghorn inhabits open plains and semi-deserts, living alone or in small bands in summer and forming large herds in winter. Highly mobile, the pronghorn may cover a large area during the year.

Speed: 61 mph (Maximum)

Mass: 88 – 140 lbs (Male, Adult), 75 – 110 lbs (Female, Adult)

Height: 2.7 – 3.4 ft. (Adult, At Shoulder)

Gestation period: 235 days

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)

Length: 4.3 – 4.9 ft. (Male, Adult)

Trophic level: Herbivorous