Male American Pronghorn At Attention Near The Fence Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Image shows an adult Pronghorn along the base of the Rocky Mountains. Taken near Pueblo Colorado. Liked how the early morning light made him light up or shine. Grazing and feeding on the native vegetation and grasses along the barbed wire fence that had him separated from the rest of his herd. The pronghorn is a unique North American mammal. Its Latin name, Antilocapra americana, means `American goat-antelope,` but it is not a member of the goat or the antelope family and it is not related to the antelopes found in Africa. The pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America.