Lions, buffalo, and antelope are all found only in both Africa and Asia, therefore it is actually misleadingly incorrect to call a puma a mountain lion, misleadingly incorrect to call a bison a buffalo, and misleadingly incorrect to call a pronghorn an antelope, the Puma (Puma concolor) is actually more closely related to cheetahs (genus Acinonyx) and the jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), bison (genus Bison) are a genus of true cattle (subtribe Bovina) with the closest living relative of both the European Bison (Bison bonasus) and the American Bison (Bison bison) being the Yak (Poephagus grunniens), while buffalo are an entirely distinct subtribe (Bubalina) from the true cattle (subtribe Bovina), and the word "antelope" refers correctly and exclusively to the taxa Tetracerus, Tragelaphini, Hippotraginae, Peleinae, Reduncinae, Antilopinae, Cephalophinae, and Neotraginae of the family Bovidae, while the Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is the sole extant member of a separate family known as Antilocapridae, which is actually more closely related to giraffids than to bovids, making the giraffes (genus Giraffa), Okapi (Okapia johnstoni), and Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) the only extant members of the broader superfamily Giraffoidea.
Thanks! You will note that the title is "Pronghorn Antelope Symbolism" My audience is primarily in Canada and the USA - so when there are taxonomies that span continents - I usually focus on the American species. Alternatively, many of these videos depend on the quality and types of video clips available to me. It's a bit of a juggle and sometimes tricky to keep balanced. Having said that - I am also not an expert in zoology/biology.
@@spiritanimaltotemsAdditionally, although the pronghorn is not an actual antelope, "pronghorn antelope" is the common name in North America. Not an issue. Just saw one dart across the road in front of me as I was leaving on a road trip this morning. How I got here ...
