Gazelle vs Pronghorn - What's the difference?
gazelle | pronghorn |
An antelope of either of the genera Gazella'' (mostly native to Africa) or ''Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
A North American mammal, Antilocapra americana , that resembles an antelope.
* 2002 , National Research Council, Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range ,
* 2009', John A. Byers, ''Built for Speed: A Year in the Life of '''Pronghorn ,
* 2011 , Ted L. Clark, 13: Wildlife Management Programs, Goals, and Issues: The State Perspective, 1990'', Raymond C. Telfair II (editor), ''Texas Wildlife Resources and Land Uses ,
As nouns the difference between gazelle and pronghorn
is that gazelle is an antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods while pronghorn is a North American mammal, Antilocapra americana, that resembles an antelope.gazelle
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* (l) (archaic)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* Cuvier's gazelle * Dama gazelle * Dorcas gazelle * goitered gazelle * Grant's gazelle * Indian gazelle * Mongalla gazelle * Mongolian gazelle * mountain gazelle * Przewalski's gazelle * red-fronted gazelle * slender-horned gazelle * Soemmerring's gazelle * Speke's gazelle * Thomson's gazelle * Tibetan gazelleSee also
* (wikipedia) * (Gazella) ----pronghorn
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- If historical records are accurate, the current population of about 250 pronghorn in the northern range is less than 15% of that in the early 1900s (YNP 1997) (Figure 4–7).
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- When a pronghorn' breaks into an easy, rocking canter (a 30 miles per hour pace that it can keep up indefinitely), the humerus swings back and forth over just a few inches with each stride. Only when a ' pronghorn stretches into a gallop does the humerus appear to be swinging freely, and then the hoof travels several yards with each stride.
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- For the 10-year period 1981-90 an additional 736 pronghorns were transplanted within the state.
- During 1980-90, pronghorn occupied about 13.5 million acres in the Trans-Pecos, High Plains, Rolling Plains, and Edwards Plateau ecological regions.
