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| Pronghorn Running |
True Wildlife | Pronghorn Antelope | Fleet-footed pronghorns are among the speediest animals in North America. They can run at more than 53 miles (86 kilometers) an hour, leaving pursuing coyotes and bobcats in the dust. Pronghorns are also great distance runners that can travel for miles at half that speed. Pronghorns are about three feet (one meter) tall at the shoulders.They are reddish brown, but feature white stomachs and wide, white stripes on their throats. When startled they raise the hair on their rumps to display a white warning patch that can be seen for miles.Pronghorns mate each fall in the dry, open lands of western North America. Bucks gather harems of females and protect them jealously—sometimes battling rivals in spectacular and dangerous fights. In the spring, females give birth to one or two young, which can outrun a human after just a few days.
Pronghorns are hunted throughout much of their natural range, but some subspecies are endangered.
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| Group of Pronghorn Antelopes |
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| Three Pronghorn Antelopes Running Through a Field |
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| Pronghorn Antelope and Young Fawn |
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| Pronghorn Laying in Grass |
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| Pronghorn Grazing |
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