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Tetracerus quadricornis (four-horned antelope)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Cerophorus (Cervicapra) quadricornis was named by de Blainville (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tetracerus quadricornis by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Cerophorus (Cervicapra) quadricornis Blainville
1816Cerophorus (Cervicapra) quadricornis de Blainville p. 75
1999Tetracerus quadricornis Hassanin and Douzery p. 899
2008Tetracerus quadricornis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoselaphiniKnottnerus-Meyer 1997
genusTetracerusLeach 1825
speciesquadricornis(de Blainville 1816)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville 1816 [four-horned antelope]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Madras) Tetracerus quadricornis (228955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India Tetracerus quadricornis (224310)