| Baja California Pronghorn | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Infraorder: | Pecora |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Genus: | Antilocapra |
| Species: | A. americana |
| Subspecies: | A. a. peninsularis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Antilocapra americana peninsularis Nelson, 1912 |
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The Baja California Pronghorn or Peninsular Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana peninsularis) is a critically endangered pronghorn, endemic to Mexico. The wild population is estimated at 200.
References
- ^ Antelope Specialist Group (1996). Antilocapra americana ssp. peninsularis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
External links
- Peninsular Pronghorn facts and video at the Los Angeles Zoo official site
- Plight of the Pronghorn
- San Diego Zoo's Animal Bites: Pronghorn
- Peninsular Pronghorn at the Encyclopedia of Life
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