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Pronghorn antelopes are, well, antelopes. Deer are deer.
Taxonomically, they're form two completely different families of animals. Both are from the order ruminantia and infraorder pecora, but there they split: pronghorn belonging to Antilocapridae, and deer belonging to Cervidae.
Antilocapridae has no living species other than the pronghorn today.
Cervidae has many living and extinct members including all true deer, elk, moose and caribou (reindeer).
The biggest differences that can be observed is in their feet and their antlers. Pronghorn antlers project upward, with a single spur projecting forward near the base. Deer antlers have many shapes and sizes, none of which in that configuration. The foot of a pronghorn has only 2 toes, and no dewclaws. Deer have dewclaws.
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