Antilocapridae is a family of ruminant artiodactyls endemic to North America. Only one species survives, the pronghorn, Antilocapra americana, while every other member of the family is extinct. Pronghorns have a four-chambered stomach, cloven hooves, and small forked horns with a true horny sheath that is shed and regrown outside the breeding season, a trait unique among horned mammals; their lateral toes are entirely lost, leaving only the cannon bones. Their closest living relatives are the giraffids, from which their ancestors diverged in the Early Miocene.
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Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Antilocapra americana
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ3581369, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Antilocapridae
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The Antilocapridae are a family of ruminant artiodactyls endemic to North America.
View the Source 3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Antilocapridae
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 1
View the Source 4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Antilocapridae
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"taxon_name": "Antilocapridae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 27.3 ... "early_interval": "Chattian"
View the Source Wikidata: Antilocapridae
Wikidata Q3581369, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Antilocapra americana
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyParent Taxon Of: Mexican pronghorn, Classification familyQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Mexican pronghorn, Classification family
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