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