Sonoran Pronghorn

Sonoran Pronghorn

Taxobox
name = Sonoran Pronghorn
status = EN
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors=Antelope Specialist Group | year=1996 | id=1680 | title=Antilocapra americana "ssp." sonoriensis | downloaded=2007-06-20]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
subordo = Ruminantia
infraordo = Pecora
familia = Antilocapridae
genus = "Antilocapra"
species = "A. americana"
subspecies = "A. a. sonoriensis"
trinomial = "Antilocapra americana sonoriensis"
trinomial_authority = Goldman, 1945

The Sonoran Pronghorn ("Antilocapra americana sonoriensis") is an endangered subspecies of pronghorn found in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Sonora. There are believed to be around 100 animals currently existing in the world, up from an estimated 14 in 2002. [http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/05/14/recovery_program_working_for_pronghorn/ Recovery program working for pronghorn] , Arthur H. Rotstein, Boston Globe/AP, 14 May 2007.] .

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