The pronghorn belongs to the subfamily Artiodactyla, which is a giant sheep, not a cow, but a large herbivore between cattle and sheep.
In the past, due to the suppression of natural enemies such as South China tigers, leopards and jackals, the population of Qinling antelope has been difficult to increase. However, when the tigers and leopards in South China gradually decreased to disappear in the wild, humans came to hunt the pronghorn again, resulting in a continuous decline in its population and even extinction. In order to protect the Qinling antelope, our country lists the antelope as a national first-class protected wild animal, and the protection level is equivalent to the national treasure giant panda.
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Adult antelopes are 1.8-2. 1 m long and weigh 200-300 kg. There are four subspecies in a * * *, among which Qinling antelope is a unique species in Qinling area. Social distribution in the western Qinling Mountains, 2000-4000 meters above sea level, swimming up and down in the mountains, galloping between cliffs.
The pronghorn is a widely distributed herbivore, but it has certain selectivity to the parts of plants it eats, mainly feeding on the tender branches and leaves of plants and also eating bark. The pronghorn also eats bamboo, and it has certain food competition with the giant panda. When takins are rampant in the local area, bamboo is often eaten up. In order to absorb inorganic salts, takins also like to lick rock salt, nitrate or drink salt water to meet their own needs.