Four-horned antelope: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the four-horned antelope lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tetracerus quadricornis
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Mass	0.92 kg (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the four-horned antelope live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the four-horned antelope in 1 country or territory across Asia.

India

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a four-horned antelope?

Wikidata records the following for the four-horned antelope: mass 0.92 kg (birth weight).

Is the four-horned antelope endangered?

The four-horned antelope’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the four-horned antelope?

The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Tetracerus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the four-horned antelope

The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), also called chousingha, is a small bovid antelope native to central, South and Western India, along with a smaller population in Nepal. The sole member of the genus Tetracerus, the chousingha was first scientifically described in 1816 by French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville. Three regional subspecies are currently recognised. The four-horned antelope has a yellowish-tan, sometimes reddish or goldenrod coat. It is slender with thin legs and a short tail. It stands nearly 55–64 cm (22–25 in) at the shoulder and weighs about 17–22 kg (37–49 lb). Its four horns are unique among antelopes and distinguish it from most other bovids. The longer pair of straight, spike-like horns is atop its head between the ears, while the other, shorter pair is on the forehead; its posterior horns are always longer than the anterior horns, which may even present as merely fur-covered "studs". While the posterior horns measure 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in), the anterior ones are usually 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Four-horned antelope (revision 1354641392), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q273580 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).