NORTH AMERICAN RUMINANTS 



A nt i bred Ruminants 



horns, or Pronghorn Antelopes, or American An- 

 • hey frequently are called, formerly had a range which 

 tided from the Saskatchewan region southward 



, . . , ... . Pronghorn. 



gr the plains, parks and portions oi the Great Basin 

 m to the tablelands of Mexico, their eastern limit being 

 the eastern border of the Great Plains. ( >ver this vast area they 

 formerly ranged in large hen Is, numbering hundreds and often 



thousands of individuals, but they have now disappeared entirely 

 fn>m a large portion of this great region, being found in their 

 former abundance only within comparatively limited districts. 

 Two forms oghorn are now recognized by naturalists — a 



northern and a southern, the latter at present confined to a small 

 in Mexico. The Pronghorn, though often called the "Amer- 

 ican Antelope," is not a true Antelope, as once supposed, but is a 

 met family type, found only in North America. It is one of 

 the most beautiful, graceful and agile of American game animals. 

 !e. and possessed of great curiosity, advantage of which is 

 n taken to secure its destruction. Unless strenuously pro- 

 tected, it will soon whol y disappear from our western mountain 

 valleys and plains. 



horn is represented in the Museum by a pair of 



mounted specimens and a mounted skeleton, and in the study 



collection by a small g >f skins and skulls. Owing to the 



peculiar interest of this very distinct type, it should be elaborately 



to the public as a group, with the proper setting to 



natural haunts. 



The Deer tribe consists of five groups, commonly recognized 



genera, namely: the Elk, genus mall Deerbfthe 



Unite*! and Mexico, genus Odocoileu tly North 



known, successive! and Dorcelaphus) \ American 



dler kinds of r Brocket, with un- 



brai -us Mil found in southern 



•ntral America; the Mo nus Alces % with 



ribou, genu 



which five or six very distinct forms an- known. 



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