Tetracerus quadricornis

(de Blainville, 1816)

Chowsingha

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Tribe : Boselaphini
Genus : Tetracerus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1816. Sur plusieurs espèces d'animaux mammifères, de l'ordre des ruminans. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824) 1816:73-82.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153431

Original name as described

Antilope Quadricornis

Other common names

Four-horned Antelope

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1946.335

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a564337b-5603-4087-80a6-3ba2216ec957

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006255

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Antilope Quadricornis

(de Blainville, 1816)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

quadricornis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1946.335

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a564337b-5603-4087-80a6-3ba2216ec957

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153431

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  3. Laurillard (1841:624, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  4. Lesson (1842:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Tetraceros quadricornis typicus

(P. L. Sclater & O. Thomas, 1895)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1946.335

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a564337b-5603-4087-80a6-3ba2216ec957

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42162576

Authority publication

Book of Antelopes

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Sub-4-cornutus

(W. Elliot, 1839)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

subquadricornutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:884c

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

225

Authority publication

Madras Journal of Literature and Science

Tetracerus quadricornis

J. E. Gray, 1846

Family

Bovidae

Root name

quadricornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319568

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1846:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20141)
  2. Hodgson (1847:695, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)
  3. Gray (1850:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  4. Gray (1852:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  5. Blyth (1863:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  6. Gray (1872:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  7. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  12. Groves & Grubb (2011:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21661/50195368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tetracerus Chikara

Hodgson, 1847

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chikara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

695

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126220

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1847:695, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)

Tetraceros quadricornis

(J. R. Ward, 1910)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

quadricornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

302

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015945

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Tetracerus quadricornis iodes

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

iodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Tetracerus quadricornis quadricornis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

quadricornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Tetracerus quadricornis subquadricornutus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

subquadricornutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Tetracerus quadricornis subquadricornis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

subquadricornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

592

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Tetracerus Striaticornis

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1824

Family

Bovidae

Root name

striaticornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 383 (p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53183226

Authority publication

Paris

Tetracerus Undicornis

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1824

Family

Bovidae

Root name

undicornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

pl. 383 (p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53183226

Authority publication

Paris

Antilope chickara

(Hardwicke, 1825)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chickara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/752899

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gervais (1840:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Tetraceros striatocornis

(Brookes, 1828)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

striatocornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

64

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Chikara

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chikara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

471

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Labipes

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1832)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

labipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Authority page

pl. 364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518485

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Tetracornis

(Hodgson, 1835)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tetracornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

525

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37189784

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Tetracerus quadricornes

Jardine, 1835

Family

Bovidae

Root name

quadricornes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

225

Authority publication

Naturalist's Library

Antilope chicara

(Kaup, 1835)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chicara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45992767

Authority publication

Darmstadt

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope chicarra

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chicarra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Tetraceros chickera

(E. Blyth, 1842)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chickera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

451

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000186

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Cervus labipes

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

labipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

174

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Tetracerus subquadricornis

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Bovidae

Root name

subquadricornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729876

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Tetracerus iodes

Hodgson, 1847

Family

Bovidae

Root name

iodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40417489

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1847:695, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)
  2. Gray (1852:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)

Tetracerus paccerois

Hodgson, 1847

Family

Bovidae

Root name

paccerois

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40417489

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1847:695, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Tetracerus subquadricornutus

Hodgson, 1847

Family

Bovidae

Root name

subquadricornutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40417488

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1847:695, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)
  2. Gray (1850:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Gray (1852:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Tetracerus paccervis

J. E. Gray, 1852

Family

Bovidae

Root name

paccervis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956482

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1852:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)

Cervus latipes

(P. L. Sclater & O. Thomas, 1895)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

latipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42162577

Authority publication

Book of Antelopes

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