Wolverine, Buffalo?
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Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Doug Brewer wrote:
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Erudite snobby nature photog FYI (that, o course Doug knows very well) Pronghorn ain't antelope
Oh, but they are: http://www.nps.gov/wica/Pronghorn.htm
annsan replies:
Oh but the are not. True antelopes are of the family BOVIDAE.
NOte this from the page you sent me to.
" One can truly call this animal unique:
he is the lone member of his family,
Antilocapra americana, which literally means the "American goat-antelope."
I think at one point they were swinging back and forth between considering the beastie more closely related to goats then to antelopes and vice-versa.
But like the American Robin (not a robin) and a couple other ones I can't think of right now, I guess the popular name will stick. I spent a lot of time getting corrected myself :)
I'll forgive you ... as long as you don't mind me showing off
The closest I've ever gotten to one was a young'un thinking it was hiding inthe tall grasses up near the Roosevelt gate to YEllowstone... at dusk... thought I couldn't see him/her. But no pics to write home about.
Must have been lovely to have them that close - even without getting the shot..
see ya soon! ann
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