pronghorn

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The pronghorn is a wonderfully clever and adaptive animal, crawling under barb-wire fences, and thus avoiding one of the greatest enemies of Western life.

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  1. noun A small ruminant mammal (Antilocapra americana) resembling an antelope and having small forked horns, found on western North American plains. Also called pronghorn antelope.

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  • Whether it's fence-busting elk, bear prints on Unskiabowl, stranded pronghorn or moose with Christmas lights entangled in their antlers, Jackson Hole's wildlife is responding with the usual unusual behavior in the midst of winter's throes.
  • With the help of the area game warden, Fandek used a snowcat to plow a path for the pronghorn.
  • Species such as the white-tailed deer, Rocky Mountain elk, pronghorn, wild turkey and black bears have made significant population gains due to research and improved habitat funded by the Wildlife Restoration program. —  Buckeye Firearms Association - Defending Your Firearm Rights
  • The area provides habitat for yellow-bellied marmots, bobcat, mule deer, elk and pronghorn, according to the Bureau of Land Management. —  All Today's News - Sightline Daily
  • Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), hunting pronghorn, comes across the aftermath of a drug deal gone awry: a collection of corpses, a wounded Mexican begging for water, and two million dollars in a satchel that he stashes under his trailer home. —  Torrentreactor.Net
 

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