See also:

• PRONGBUCK, PRONGHORN, or (in America)

PRONGBUCK, PRONGHORN, or (in See also:

• AMERICA

America)  simply See also:

• ANTELOPE

ANTELOPE, the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole existing representative of a See also:

• FAMILY

family (Antilocapridae) of hollow-horned ruminants in which the See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn-sheaths are forked and annually See also:

• SHED

shed and renewed . See also:

• STANDING

Standing about 3 ft. high at the See also:

• SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder and slightly more at the See also:

• CROUP

croup, the male See also:

• PRONGBUCK, PRONGHORN, or (in America)

prongbuck has the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black horns rising vertically upwards immediately above the eyes . The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright sandy fawn, with much See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white on the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face, three white bars on the See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat and white under parts and buttocks . The white throat-bands are evidently protective; and the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long white See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair on the buttocks can be erected and See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded into large chrysanthemum-like bunches as in See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer; these being guides to the members of the See also:

• HERD (a word common to Teutonic languages; the O. Eng. form was heord; cf. Ger. Herde, Swed. and Dan. hjord; the Sans. ca'rdhas, which shows the pre-Teutonic form, means a troop)

herd when in See also:

• FLIGHT

flight . The tail is See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short; lateral hoofs are wanting; and the See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth are tall-crowned . See also:

• FEMALE

Female prongbuck produce one or two See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young at a See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, and are either hornless or furnished with small and more or less rudimentary horns . Prongbuck, of which two races, the typical Antilocapra americana and A. mexicana, are recognized by See also:

• AMERICAN

American naturalists, inhabit the open plains of the temperate districts of western See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, where they were formerly very abundant . Nowadays their See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers have become greatly diminishedand small and isolated bands represent the See also:

• GREAT

great herds of former years . Young prongbuck are very liable to be attacked by wolves; to protect them from these marauders the See also:

• FEMALES

females first clear an See also:

• AREA

area in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of a patch of See also:

• CACTUS

cactus, by See also:

• JUMPING

jumping on the See also:

• PLANTS

plants with their See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp hoofs, and bring forth their offspring in the protected space . Certain See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct American ruminants, namely Cosoryx, Blastomeryx and Merycodus are believed to be in some way related to the prongbuck; but they have frontal appendages more like antlers than horns . In view of this presumed relation-See also:

• SHIP

ship it seems preferable to retain the family Antilocapridae rather than relegate it to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a sub-family of See also:

• BOVIDAE

Bovidae . (See See also:

• PECORA (plural of Lat. pecus, cattle)

PECORA.) (R .