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Antelope question: What does a Sonoran Pronghorn antelope eat? The Pronghorn is an hervibore, which means it eats plants ... Discuss the question "What does a Sonoran Pronghorn antelope eat?"
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A pronghorn baby has grey fur, and after 3 months it has the adult fur coloring. They drink milk for 5-6 months, and start to eat grass after three weeks. Females become mature when they are 15-16 months old, and males become mature when they are 24 months old.
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Although sometimes called antelope, pronghorn are not closely related to the animals of African plains. In fact they are so different from other hoofed animals that they are the only members of the family Antelocapridae.
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Image # 157 Pronghorn Antelope at the National Bison Range in Montana. Well adapted to their grassland and desert habitats, pronghorns eat sagebrush, weeds, cacti and grasses and survive harsh winters by digging out snow covered vegetation with their front hooves. Before the arrival of European settlers,
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Antelope or Pronghorn ... He was also very impressed with its speed, which was "rather like the rapid flight of birds." The pronghorn is the fastest animal in America. ... Lewis and Clark didn't get to eat much antelope steak. Because it lives on open prairies, the antelope can detect enemies and race away before they get close.
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The pronghorn may have endured in part because it's tough. If necessary a pronghorn can go days without water, and will eat and thrive on plants no other grazing animal will touch-even thorny cactus. Pronghorns successfully survive both bitter cold and desert heat equally well.
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www.antelope.org/pronghorn1.htm
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The pronghorn antelope is about the size of a small deer, but with proportionally longer legs for even greater speed. ... Pronghorn eat a wide variety of shrubs, weeds, and grasses including sagebrush, buffalograss, and saltbush. In very arid regions they may obtain water from succulent plants such as prickly pear cactus.
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Pronghorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pronghorn ( Antilocapra americana ), is a species of ungulate mammal native to interior western and central North America. Though not a true antelope, it is often known colloquially as the...
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Pronghorn roam the wide, open ranges of the North American prairie and desert. Habitat types include grasslands, brushlands, and desert scrublands. Due to their extensive habitat type as well as seasonal change, pronghorn eat a variety of flora.
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www.conservenature.org/prairie/pronghorn.htm
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