Mammal
Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana americana
Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Names
Antelope / Wild Goat
Habitat
Niobrara and points west
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1804-09-14
Observed At
Below present-day Oacoma, Lyman County, South Dakota
Compared to goats or sheep by Lewis and Clark, pronghorn are swift, uniquely North American ungulates of open steppes.
Journal References
7 journal entries mention Pronghorn
Sep
5
1804
Lewis: September 5, 1804
Sept 5th saw some wild goats or antelopes on the hill above the Glauber Salts Springs they ran off we could not discover them sufficiently...
Oct
5
1804
Clark: October 5, 1804
5th of October Friday 1804 Frost this morning, Set out early passed a Small Creek on the L. S. saw 3 Tetons on the S....
May
3
1805
Lewis: May 3, 1805
Friday May 3rd 1805. The morning being very could we did not set out as early as usual; ice formed on a kettle of water...
May
5
1805
Lewis: May 5, 1805
Sunday May 5th 1805 A fine morning I walked on shore untill 8 A M when we halted for breakfast and in the course of...
May
8
1805
Clark: May 8, 1805
May the 8th Wednesday 1805 a verry black Cloud to the S W. we Set out under a gentle breeze from the N. E. about...
Jul
24
1805
Lewis: July 24, 1805
Wednesday July 24th 1805. Set out at sunrise; the current very strong; passed a remarkable bluff of a crimson coloured earth on Stard. intermixed with...
Aug
2
1805
Lewis: August 2, 1805
August 2nd 1805. We resumed our march this morning at sunrise the weather was fair and wind from N. W. finding that the river still...
