''Antilocapra'' is a genus of the family

Antilocapridae The Antilocapridae are a family of artiodactyls endemic to North America. Their closest extant relatives are the giraffids with which they comprise the superfamily Giraffoidea. Only one species, the pronghorn (''Antilocapra americana''), is ...

, which contains only a single living species, the

pronghorn The pronghorn (, ) (''Antilocapra americana'') is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American a ...

''(Antilocapra americana)''. Another species, the Pacific pronghorn, lived in

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

during the Late Pleistocene and survived as recently as 12,000 BP. The name means "antelope-goat". ''Antilocapra'' is the only surviving genus of pronghorn, though three other genera (''

Capromeryx ''Capromeryx'' (dwarf pronghorn) was a genus of dwarf pronghorns ( Antilocapridae) that originated in North America during the Pliocene about 5 million years ago (the exact range of their presence on the landscape is still not known, but the most r ...

'', '' Stockoceros'' and ''

Tetrameryx ''Tetrameryx'' is an extinct genus of the North American artiodactyl family Antilocapridae, known from Mexico, the western United States, and Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, ...

'') existed in North America up until the end of the Pleistocene.

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Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Pronghorns Taxa named by George Ord {{eventoedungulate-stub