It is the only animal in the world that annually sheds the outer sheaths of its permanent horn cores. Both male and female pronghorns have horns, although the female's are much smaller

Noted for its speed, the pronghorn has been clocked at 60 mph and has been known to try to outrace vehicles! It is the fastest North American land mammal.

The pronghorn has the ability to flare its brilliant white rump hairs to signal danger.

Its large eyes are set high on the head and far back on the skull so the pronghorn can spot danger from a long distance. Seeing through the eyes of a pronghorn is similar to looking through a pair of 8 power binoculars.

Most hoofed animals have four toes on each foot, but the pronghorn has only two. It also has a tough padding on its hooves which cushions the shock when running over hard ground.

Because of the structure of its hind legs, it is more likely that a pronghorn would crawl under a fence than jump over it.