VulnerableGaur
Bos gaurus
One of the 9 antelopes on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Tetracerus quadricornis
At high risk of extinction in the wild over the medium term.
The four-horned antelope, or chousingha, is the only bovid in the world with four horns: the males carry a normal pair between the ears and a much shorter pair, sometimes barely two centimetres long, on the forehead. It is small, shy and solitary, and lives in open woodland of the Indian subcontinent always near a water source, on which it depends daily. Forest fragmentation and hunting have reduced it to isolated populations.
Weight
17 kg – 25 kg
Size
80 cm – 1.1 m
Life expectancy
10 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sighting difficulty
Moderate
Sources consulted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-horned_antelope
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 15.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Four-horned Antelope — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
The four-horned antelope is classified as vulnerable. Organisations such as the IUCN, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society work specifically on its conservation and that of its habitat; looking into their programmes is a good starting point if you want to get involved.
It's documented in 10 protected areas — one reason why protecting these places matters for its conservation.
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