Antilocapra americana

(Ord, 1815)

Pronghorn

Side view of male
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Location:USA, SD, Custer Co., Wind Cave National ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1975

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : incertae sedis
Family : Antilocapridae
Subfamily : Antilocaprinae
Genus : Antilocapra

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ord, G. 1815. Zoology. Pp. 290–361 in Guthrie, W. (eds.). A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar; and present state of the several kingdoms of the world. In two volumes. Vol. II. Johnson & Warner, Philadelphia, 603 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40043566 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40043582

Original name as described

Antilope Americana

Other common names

Prongbuck · Antelope · Sonoran Pronghorn

Type locality

plains and highlands of the Missouri River, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(WA, OR, ID, MT, ND, SD, MN, NE, KS, OK, TX, CA, NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006129

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 18 names and synonyms.

Antilope Americana

(Ord, 1815)

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

americana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

292, 308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40043566 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40043582

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Godman (1826:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49166045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)
  2. Gervais (1840:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  3. Gervais (1840:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  4. Lesson (1842:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. De Kay (1842:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)

Cervus bifurcatus

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

bifurcata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

437

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=439

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Mazama caprina

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

caprina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

437

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=439

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Antilope Furcifer

(C. H. Smith, 1821)

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754754

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:479, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Schinz (1825:483, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Lesson (1827:388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Fischer (1829:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  5. Laurillard (1841:626, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope palmata

(C. H. Smith, 1821)

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

palmata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754759

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:479, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Schinz (1825:484, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Lesson (1827:389, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Fischer (1829:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  5. Gervais (1840:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  6. Laurillard (1841:626, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antelope Furcifer

(Sabine, 1823)

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

667

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215474

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Sabine (1823:667, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)

Antilocapra Furcifer

Burnett, 1830

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463

Authority publication

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Name usages

  1. Burnett (1830:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  2. Gray (1843:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)

Antilope furcifera

(E. Blyth, 1840)

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

furcifera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918355

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1840:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)

Cervus palmatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

palmata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Antilocapra americana

J. E. Gray, 1846

Family

Antilocapridae

Root name

americana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319569

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1846:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20141)
  2. Gray (1850:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Gray (1851:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69321)
  4. Gray (1852:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  5. Wied-Neuwied (1862:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68471)
  6. Coues (1868:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15057)
  7. Gray (1872:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  8. Sclater (1872:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  9. True (1885:592, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  10. Merriam (1890:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14545)
  11. Allen (1896:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15951)
  12. Merriam (1899:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14568)
  13. Bailey (1905:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  14. Trouessart (1905:713, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  15. Pocock (1911:935, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67432)
  16. Taylor (1911:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29510969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68775)
  17. Miller (1912:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
  18. Grinnell, Dixon & Linsdale (1930:575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71835)
  19. Bailey (1936:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  20. Lange (1960:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
  21. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  22. Anderson (1972:392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  23. Corbet & Hill (1980:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  24. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  25. Heaton (1985:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  26. Corbet & Hill (1991:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  27. Grubb (1993:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  28. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  29. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  30. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  31. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  32. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  33. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  34. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  35. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  36. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1677/115056938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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