The book of antelopes, vol. 1 (of 4)Sclater, Philip Lutley
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The book of antelopes, vol. 1 (of 4)
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Antelopes
_Antilope chickara_, =Hardw.= Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 520,
pls. xv. (♂), xvi. (♀) (1825); =Hills=, op. cit. xv. p. 501,
pl. xix. (♂) (1827); =Less.= Man. Mamm. p. 381 (1827); =Fisch.=
Syn. Mamm. p. 471 (1829); =Hodgs.= J. A. S. B. i. p. 346 (1832);
=id.= P. Z. S. 1834, p. 99; =Kaup=, Thierr. i. p. 179 (1835);
=Less.= H. N. Mamm. (Compl. Buff.) x. p. 292 (1836); =Schinz=,
Syn. Mamm. ii. p. 424 (1845).
_Tetracerus chickara_, =Hodgs.= J. A. S. B. x. pt. 2, p. 913
(1841).
_Tetraceros chickara_, =Jard.= Nat. Libr. (1) vii. p. 224
(1842); =Blyth=, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 451.
“_Tetraceros striaticornis_, Leach,” =Brookes=, Cat. Mus. p. 64
(1828); =Gray=, Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 68 (1852), _et auct. al._
_Biche des Mariannes_, _Cervus latipes_, =F. Cuv.= H. N. Mamm.
fol. iv. livr. lxv. (animal, ♀) (1832); _apud_ =Sund.= Pecora,
K. Vet.-Ak. Hand-l. 1844, p. 189 (1846).
_Cervus (Styloceros) latipes_, =Less.= N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p.
174 (1842).
_Antilope tetracornis_, =Hodgs.= J. A. S. B. iv. p. 525 (1835),
v. p. 242 (1836).
_Tetraceros chickara_, _quadricornis_, _iodes_, and _paccerois_,
=Hodgs.= Calc. Journ. N. H. viii. pp. 89, 90, pl. iv. (animals &
skulls) (1847).
Subspecies T. Q. SUBQUADRICORNUTUS.
_Antilope sub-4-cornutus_, =Elliot=, Madr. Journ. x. p. 225, pl.
iv. fig. 2 (head) (1839) (Dharwar, S. Bombay).
_Tetraceros subquadricornutus_, =Hodgs.= Calc. Journ. N. H.
viii. p. 89 (1847); =Gray=, Knowsl. Men. p. 7 (1850); =id.= P.
Z. S. 1850, p. 117; =id.= Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 70 (1852); =Gerr.=
Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 235 (1862); =Fitz.= SB. Wien, lix. pt.
1, p. 170 (1869); =Gray=, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 19 (1872); =id.=
Hand-1. Rum. B. M. p. 89 (1873); =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1875, p. 527;
=Garrod=, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 4 (anatomy); =Scl=. List An. Z. S.
(8) p. 148 (1883).
_Tetraceros subquadricornis_, =Gray=, List Mamm. B. M. p. 159
(1843); =Turner=, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 170.
VERNACULAR NAMES:--_Chousingha_, _Chouka_, or _Doda_, Hindi;
_Benkra_ or _Bekra_, Mahratti; _Bhokra_, _Phokra_, Guzerati;
_Bhirki_ at Saugor; _Bhir_, Gond; _Bhirul_, Bheel; _Kotari_ in
Chutia Nagpur; _Kurus_, Gonds of Bastar; _Konda-gori_, Telugu;
_Kond-guri_, _Kaulla-kuri_, Canarese; _Jangli Bakri_ in the
Deccan (_Blanford_). The Southern Indian names may be taken as
referring to subsp. _subquadricornutus_.
Height at withers about 25 inches. General colour dull rufous brown,
whitish below, the line of demarcation on both sides not sharply
defined. Muzzle, outer side of ears, and a line down the front of the
limbs blackish brown. Outer sides of fetlocks whitish.
Skull and horns as described above (p. 213). Dimensions of an adult
male skull: basal length 6·5 inches, greatest breadth 3·2, muzzle to
orbit 3·65.
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