Antilocapridae

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Antilocapridae is a family of North American hoofed mammals best known for the pronghorn, a swift, antelope-like species with distinctive forked horns.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Antilocapridae canonical 6
Antilocapra americana 4
Antilocapra 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal family
taxon
bestKnownSpecies Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapridae
biogeographicEndemism endemic to North America
class Mammalia
closestLivingRelatives Giraffidae
commonName pronghorn family
conservationStatus family not globally threatened
containsTaxon Antilocapra
linked to: Antilocapridae

Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapridae
diet herbivorous
distribution Canada
Mexico
United States
evolutionaryOrigin Miocene of North America
extantGeneraCount 1
extantSpeciesCount 1
fossilRecord rich Neogene fossil record in North America
hasCharacteristic even-toed ungulate
horned mammal
ruminant
hasSexualDimorphism yes
hornCoreMaterial bone
hornSheathMaterial keratin
hornSheathShed annually
hornType pronged horns
infraorder Pecora
kingdom Animalia
locomotion cursorial
maleTrait larger horns
namedBy John Edward Gray
nativeTo North America
notableTrait high running speed
order Artiodactyla
phylum Chordata
reproductiveStrategy viviparous
suborder Ruminantia
superfamily Giraffoidea
taxonRank family
typeGenus Antilocapra
linked to: Antilocapridae
typicalHabitat grasslands
open plains
sagebrush steppe
yearDescribed 1866

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Artiodactyla includesTaxon Antilocapridae
Artiodactyla includesExampleSpecies Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapridae
Ruminantia includesTaxon Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae typeGenus Antilocapra
linked to: Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae bestKnownSpecies Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae containsTaxon Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae containsTaxon Antilocapra
linked to: Antilocapridae
Sonoran pronghorn genus Antilocapra
linked to: Antilocapridae
Sonoran pronghorn species Antilocapra americana
linked to: Antilocapridae
Sonoran pronghorn family Antilocapridae
pronghorn family Antilocapridae
Pecora includesTaxon Antilocapridae
Bovoidea includes Antilocapridae