Oregon Pronghorn (Antilocarpa Americana oregona)

Historic Range

The historic range of pronghorn can be seen throughout most of the Western United States, but for the Oregon Pronghorn its historic range was the northeast corner of California, the eastern half of Oregon, northwest Nevada, and a couple small populations in southcentral Washington. Like other pronghorn, the Oregon Pronghorn lives in vast open spaces where it can see its predators, this means usually desert environments. Unlike the other subspecies of pronghorn, the Oregon Pronghorn and the pronghorn have ranges that are very similar and overlap. With the Oregon Pronghorn population so small this can create many problems with the genetic viability.

Genetics

For the Oregon Pronghorn and the Mexican Pronghorn, the genetic viability is uncertain. Both subspecies co-occur with the species pronghorn, this creates the potential for genetic bottlenecking and will eventually become to closely related to the main species pronghorn to be considered a subspecies. Genetic studies have been done looking at all of these factors and have come to the conclusion that these populations are uncertain and can no be considered the under the species pronghorn.

References

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