horn anomalies in the blackbuck antelope antilope cervicapra (linnaeus, 1758) (mammalia: bovidae)

The blackbuck antilope cervicapra (linnaeus) is a grassland antelope widely distributed in pakistan, nepal, and india. here we present a review of the known horn anomaly in the species followed by two new examples: a male with an abnormal right ’curled’ horn and a female with a horn at the blackbuck national park, velavadar, bhavnagar district, gujarat state, india. we also provide a photographic record of a female with horns in captivity.