Antelope Crossing

by Kristina Rinell

Title

Antelope Crossing

Artist

Kristina Rinell

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Photograph - Photography

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The Pronghorn or American Antelope (Antilocapra americana), a species of artiodactyl mammal, is the second fastest land mammal in the world, after the cheetah. It can attain speeds of over 53 miles (86 kilometers) per hour. They are also great distance runners that can travel for miles at half that speed.
Pronghorns are about three feet (one meter) tall at the shoulders. They are reddish brown, but feature white stomachs and wide, white stripes on their throats. When startled they raise the hair on their rumps to display a white warning patch that can be seen for miles.
Both sexes have impressive, backward-curving horns. The horns split to form forward-pointing prongs that give the species its name. Some animals have horns that are more than a foot (30 centimeters) long. They are indigenous to interior western and central North America.

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