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Antelope Buck Antilocapra americana,Geotagged,Pronghorn,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Antelope Buck

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Welcome to JungleDragon, Stephanie! What a great sense of movement in this shot.

    I see you already found your way around JungleDragon: identifying species, geotagging, what a way to enter. As a warm welcome gift hereby the photo is promoted to the homepage.     Posted 12 years ago
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      Stephanie Smith
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      Thank You so much for the homepage promotion!!!! This shot was very tough. He was actually running. I wanted the photo so badly, I had the driver of the vehicle I was in driving in reverse at about 30 miles per hour as I got it, so the sense of movement, WAS REAL! Posted 12 years ago
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        Ferdy Christant
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        That story makes this photo even more impressive! Posted 12 years ago

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The Pronghorn

The pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is often known colloquially in North America as the prong buck, pronghorn antelope, ''cabri'' , or simply antelope because it closely resembles the true antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to convergent evolution.

It is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae. During the Pleistocene period, 12 antilocaprid.. more

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Similar species: Even-toed Ungulates
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By Stephanie Smith

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Uploaded Oct 10, 2012. Captured in County Road 59, Maybell, CO 81640, USA.
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