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Tetracerus

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Tetracerus was named by Leach (1825). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Boselaphini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999) and Grubb (2001); and to Bovinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Species
T. quadricornis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Tetracerus Leach
1988Tetracerus Carroll
1999Tetracerus Hassanin and Douzery p. 899
2001Tetracerus Grubb p. 375
2008Tetracerus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoselaphiniKnottnerus-Meyer 1997
genusTetracerusLeach 1825

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.

G. Tetracerus Leach 1825
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Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville 1816 [four-horned antelope]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available