Antilocapra

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Antilocapra is a genus of North American ungulates best known for the pronghorn, a fast-running hoofed mammal often considered the continent’s swiftest land animal.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Antilocapra americana 5
Antilocapra canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
belongsToMonotypicFamily Antilocapridae
bodyTemperatureRegulation endothermic
cellType eukaryotic
characteristic cursorial adaptation for running
horns with a bony core and keratinous sheath
slender limbs
class Mammalia
closestLivingRelatives Giraffidae
commonName pronghorns
describedBy George Ord
describedInYear 1815
diet herbivorous
ecologicalRole browser
grazer
endemicTo North America
family Antilocapridae
foundIn Canada
Mexico
United States
habitat grasslands
open plains
sagebrush steppe
hasExtantSpeciesCount 1
hasLivingSpecies Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapra
hasMember Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapra
hasScientificNameAuthorship Ord, 1815
hasSymmetry bilateral symmetry
hasVertebralColumn true
higherClassification Ruminantia
includedIn North American megafauna
isRuminant true
kingdom Animalia
movementType unguligrade locomotion
nativeTo North America
notableFor high running speed
order Artiodactyla
phylum Chordata
reproduction viviparous
respiration pulmonary
skeletonType internal skeleton
subfamily Antilocaprinae
taxonRank genus
trophicLevel primary consumer
typeSpecies Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapra

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

pronghorn genus Antilocapra
pronghorn binomialName Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapra
Bovoidea containsWildSpecies Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapra
Antilocapra typeSpecies Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapra
Antilocapra hasLivingSpecies Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapra
Antilocapra hasMember Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapra