North from Winnemucca

The road north from Winnemucca has signs of wildlife. Here are some photographs of them.

On the near left is a Pronghorn, which is a species of ungulate mammal and the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae. It is native to interior western and central North America. (Not a true antelope, it is often known colloquially as the Prong Buck or Pronghorn Antelope, as it closely resembles the true antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to convergent evolution).

Speaking of convergent evolution, note particularly the accompanying photograph of a very rare North American Roadsignacus Imitaticus, the genetic merger of a high school varsity swimmer, petroleum retailer, and construction worker.