I^OUR-HORNED ANTELOPE OR CHOUSING HA 153 



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FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE or CHOUSINGHA (Tetraceros quadricornis). 



This antelope is the Oriental representative of the African duikers, 

 from which it is distinguished by the following features. Typically 

 there are two pairs of horns, and the face-glands form deep slits on the 

 sides of the muzzle instead of a long naked line ; the females beina: 

 hornless. Height at shoulder about 25 inches, and weight about 40 

 lbs. General colour dull rufous brown, becoming whitish beneath, 

 with the muzzle, the outer surface of the ears, and a line down the 

 front of each leg blackish brown, and some white on the outer side 

 of the pasterns. The front horns are not unfrequently mere knobs, 

 and may even be wanting, as in most of the Kathiawar specimens. 

 Distribittio)i. — Peninsular India south of the Himalayas. 



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on front. 



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Locality. 



