[ **up: [[Animals]] | [[Mammals]] | [[Even-toed ungulates|Artiodactyla (Order)]] | [[Antilocapridae (Family)]] | [[Antilocapra (Genus]]** ] --- # Pronghorn (*Antilocapra americana*) --- ## Taxonomy - **[[Life (Biology)]]** - **[[Eukaryotes|Eukaryota (Domain)]]** - **[[Animals|Animalia (Kingdom)]]** - [[Chordates|Chordata (Phylum)]] - [[Mammals|Mammalia (Class)]] - [[Therians|Theria (Subclass)]] - [[Placentals|Eutheria (Infraclass)]] - [[Even-toed ungulates|Artiodactyla (Order)]] - [[Antilocapridae (Family)]] - [[Antilocapra (Genus]] - *[[Pronghorn|Antilocapra americana]]* <small>PRONGHORN</small> ----- ## Habits ### Pheromones #### Alarm pheromone [[Alarmed pronghorn flair their white rump hair and expose two highly odoriferous glands.|’Alarmed pronghorn, Antilocapra americana flair their white rump hair and exposes two highly odoriferous glands that releases a compound described having the odor “reminiscent of buttered popcorn”. This sends a message to other pronghorns by both sight and smell about a present danger. This scent has been observed by humans 20 to 30 meters downwind from alarmed animals.’]][^1] [^1]: ‘Pheromone’, *Wikipedia*, updated 4 January 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromone.