Nilgai
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| Nilgai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Boselaphus |
| Species: | B. tragocamelus |
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| Boselaphus tragocamelus Pall., 1766 |
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The Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) is an antelope.
It is one of the most commonly seen wild animals of northern India and eastern Pakistan. The mature males appear ox-like and are also known as Blue bulls. The nilgai is the biggest Asian antelope.
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