Order Artiodactyla
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
637
722
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Antilocapra americana
(Ord 1815)
[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).