Antelope Versus Pronghorn

Antelope and Pronghorn

Many people believe that the misnaming or changing of name by the U.S.A.(US colloquialism) does not matter but to religious and other groups; it can matter greatly

IMAGE FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackbuck_male_female.jpg

SURPRISE PEOPLE: ANTELOPE MEAT IS BEEF. 

Do you have any idea, at all, of what you are talking about- you know, those things that you grew up knowing, those things everybody knows ALL ABOUT; or a least likes to BELIEVE they do.

An Interesting Note: According to both  the Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English and Webster's Dictionary, beef is defined as "the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull used as food". According to this definition, veal, calf, or baby beef is not "beef"if cut from a female member of the bovine family--however, the  meat of an alligator  crocodile, elephant, moose, seal, walrus or even a whale would be; just so long as the meat is used as food for something--animal, insect, or plant.

The animal that we in North America call a "Prong Horn" is not an antelope. But then, it CAN NOT legitimately be called a prong horn either--because it DOES NOT HAVE HORNS.


THERE IS NO SPECIES OF ANTELOPE THAT IS NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA. 


Antelope which belong to the family Bovidae and occur naturally only in Eurasia and Africa. There are about 90 species, most of which; like buffalo, are native to Africa, where the largest herds are also found. All male antelope are noted for their horns which are permanent; unlike the annually shed antlers of deer, or outer sheath of the prong horn, and often take on extravagant shapes such as arcs or or helices.

THESE IMAGES OF THE PRONGHORN ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN and can be found at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pronghorn_Antelope_USFWS.jpg

 Prong-horns on the other hand belong to the family Antilocapridae. THE MEAT IS NOT BEEF.Though the females are much smaller, both sexes bear a pair of horn like extensions on the top of the head, which are made up of an outer hair like sheath that grows around a bony core; the outer sheath(much like the antlers of the deer family) is shed annually (horns are not shed). Prong-horns have a distinctly musky odour and are closely related to the Musk-ox of the Canadian Arctic.