Hayoceros (SciiFii)

The prairie-hart (Hayoceros texanum) is a species of the artiodactyl mammal of the family Antilocapridae that originally lived in North America during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 mya—300,000 years ago), as an extinct species of Hayoceros and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced throughout the modern open woodlands, grasslands, shrublands, scrublands, and deserts across North America to help boost biodiversity. The prairie-hart has 6 prongs; 2 short, forked horns in the front, and 2 longer, unforked horns in the back. Its body is 6 feet long and can weigh up to 300 pounds. Prairie-harts are easily distinguishable because they have two white-colored, elongated oval-shaped patterns overtop of a white, round-edge triangle pointing downwards on their necks, and have three white elongated oval-shaped patterns on their back legs, as well as two white bands on the front feet, just above the hooves. Aside from these white markings, the prairie-hart is a golden-brown color. They fill the similar ecological niche that is occupied in Africa by antelope species such as the topi, the korrigum, the tsessebe, and the bontebok. Prairie-harts feed on sedges, forbs, shrubs, and grasses. They are peaceful herbivores, and will graze alongside and migrate with prong-oxen, mammoths, horses, bison, elk, fork-oxen, peccaries, camels, mastodons, capybaras, and other pronghorn species. Prairie-harts can go for a long time without directly drinking water, as they can extract moisture from the plants they eat. They enter the rut in Autumn, when males begin to form harems and fight each other for access to them. Calves are born the following Spring, and are able to run with their mothers within the first hour. They are weened after two months, and leave their mothers side at the start of the next calving season. The prairie-hart's longevity in the wild is as long as 18 years. The conservation status of the prairie-hart is Least Concern due to successful conservation effortsap, the prairie-hart's wide natural range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
Category:Animals
Category:Species
Category:SciiFii