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To explain: How North American pronghorn looks and acts like the antelopes of Africa even though pronghorn is the only survivor of a family of mammals restricted to North America.
Concept introduction: The North American pronghorn is a mammalian species from western and central regions of North America with great running speed. On the other hand antelope is even toed ungulate residing in Africa with more deer like features and their group is called as herd.
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