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Four-horned antelope
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Genus : Tetracerus
Facts about the genus Tetracerus, the four-horned antelope
Besides, rhinos, wild boars, spotted deer, sloth bear and four-horned antelope are also usually seen.
Four-horned Antelope are sedentary and may form territories, males tend to become very aggressive towards other males.
The four-horned antelope is rarely found far from a water, and must drink regularly in order to survive.
The four-horned antelope is dependent on water and rarely strays far from a water source. (Full text)
The Indian Deer, Sambar, Chital (spotted deer), Nilgai (blue bull), Chinkara and the Chowsingha (four horned antelope) are found here, alongwith the bear and the long tailed langur. (Full text)
The "four-horned" antelope is called the "Tetracerus (Latin for "four-horned") quadricornis (Greek for "four-horned"), which probably indicates how amazed the biologist who discovered and named the animal was at the four horns. (Full text)
The nilgai and the four-horned antelope are found in SE Asia. (Full text)
Besides, the rhinos, wild boars, samburs, spotted deer, sloth bear, four-horned antelope are also usually seen. (Full text)
The 'Chowsingha' (four horned antelope) is commonly found at Sariska; exclusively Indian, it is the world's only wild creature, which has two pairs of horns. (Full text)
This four-horned antelope is rarely found far from a water, and must drink regularly in order to survive. (Full text)
The world's only wild creature with two pair of horns, Chowsingha ( Four horned antelope) is found in Sariska. (Full text)
The swifter chinkara and four-horned antelope are more difficult for the cats to bring down. (Full text)
The four horned antelope is commonly found at Sariska. (Full text)
Tetracerus is unique in that males regularly bear four horns (two pairs); all other genera (with the exception of some domestic sheep) have only one pair. (Full text)
The four-horned antelope is rarely found far from a water, and must drink regularly in order to survive. (Full text)