There are no true antelope in North America. The Pronghorn is often  referred to as the Pronghorn antelope but the   Pronghorn is actually the only member of it's taxonom â¦ ic family of  Antelocapridae. The antelope are members of the family Bovidae.
Why political science is considered a social science? Put simply, Political science is the study of who gets what, when, where and how. It is the study of how society orders itself into governing bodies.
Technically, science means the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world. Political science attempts to claim the rubric of science because of its systematic study of politics (as opposed to the physical and natural world; i.e., the modifier political.).