List of animals with horns and tusks
This is a list of animals that have hard permanent pointed projections on their head.
Horns
[edit]Horns are projections from the top of the head. True horns are found mainly among:
- Ruminant artiodactyls
- Antilocapridae (pronghorns)
- 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.
- Rhinocerotidae: The "horns" of rhinos are made of keratin and lack a bone core.
Tusks
[edit]Tusks are pointed elongated teeth that protrude from the mouth and sometimes resemble horns.
- Elephants
- Walruses
- Warthogs
- Narwhals