Category:Four-horned Antelope

These antelope inhabit the forests of Hindostan. They live in the forests and hilly tracts of the western provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa. They are wild and untamable unless they are tamed when young. It is about 20 inches tall and two feet 9 inches from nose to the root of the tail which is about 5 inches long. The larger pair of horns are smooth, erect, slightly inclined forwards, and somewhat divergent--their length about 3 inches. About an inch and a half in front of these horns, rise a very short stumpy pair of horns, scarcely an inch in length, and about an inch and a half in circumference. The general color of this animal is a uniform bright bay on all upper parts. The chin, under-line of the neck, abdomen, and insides of the thighs incline to white, with a mixture of sand color. The female is of a lighter color than the male, and is unprovided with horns.

(At the time of this writing it was not sure if the Antilpoe quadricornis was distinct from the Antilope chickara.)

This is an edited exerpt from Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time, Volume 3 by Hugh Murray, James Wilson, Robert Kaye Greville, Robert Jameson, Sir Whitelaw Ainslie, William Rhind, William Wallace, Clarence Dalrymple J. & J. Harper, 1832