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True horns are found mainly among: Ruminant artiodactyls. Antilocapridae ; Bovidae (cattle, goats, antelopes etc.). Giraffidae: Giraffids have a pair of skin covered bony bumps on their heads, called ossicones. Cervidae: Most deer have antlers, which are not true horns due to lacking a bone core and made of keratin.
The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan, where it is also known as the screw-horn or screw-horned goat. [3] The word mārkhor is from Persian word "Markhar", meaning "Curly", because of its curly horns comes from both Pashto and classical Persian languages , referencing the ancient belief that the markhor would actively kill and consume ...
Tārkṣya is the name of a mythical being in the Rigveda, described as a horse with the epithet áriṣṭa-nemi "with intact wheel-rims". Tumburu is a horse faced Ghandarva, a celestial musician. Uchchaihshravas is a seven-headed flying horse, that was obtained during the churning of the milk ocean.
Rhinoceros unicornis was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 who described a rhinoceros with one horn. As type locality, he indicated Africa and India.He described two species in India, the other being Rhinoceros bicornis, and stated that the Indian species had two horns, while the African species had only one.
Only males possess horns, 15–24 cm (5.9–9.4 in) long. The nilgai is diurnal (active mainly during the day). The animals band together in three distinct kinds of groups: one or two females with young calves, three to six adult and yearling females with calves, and all-male groups with two to 18 members.
The scientific name of the blackbuck Antilope cervicapra stems from the Latin word antalopus ("horned animal"). [2] [3] The specific name cervicapra is composed of the Latin words cervus ("deer") and capra ("she-goat"). [2] [4] The vernacular name "blackbuck" is a reference to the dark brown to black colour of the dorsal part of the coat of the ...
The longer pair of straight, spike-like horns is atop its head between the ears, while the other, shorter pair is on the forehead; its posterior horns are always longer than the anterior horns, which may even present as merely fur-covered "studs". While the posterior horns measure 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in), the anterior ones are usually 2–5 cm ...
The barasingha is a large deer with a shoulder height of 44 to 46 in (110 to 120 cm) and a head-to-body length of nearly 6 ft (180 cm). Its hair is rather woolly and yellowish brown above but paler below, with white spots along the spine. The throat, belly, inside of the thighs and beneath the tail is white.