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SPECIES Antilocapra americana
Author: | Ord, 1815. | Citation: | In Guthrie, New Geogr., Hist. Coml. Grammar., Philadelphia, 2nd ed., 2: 292, 308. | Common Name: | Pronghorn | Type Locality: | USA, "On the plains and the highlands of the Missouri [River]". | Distribution: | S Alberta and S Saskatchewan (Canada) south through W USA to Hidalgo, Baja California, W Sonora (Mexico). Introduced to Lanai Isl (Hawaiian Isls). | Status: | 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). | Comments: | Reviewed by O'Gara (1978, Mammalian Species, 90). |
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