Boselaphus
Boselaphus is a genus of bovid. The nilgai is the sole living representative, although one other species is known from the fossil record.[1]
| Boselaphus | |
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| Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Tribe: | Boselaphini |
| Genus: | Boselaphus Blainville, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas, 1766) | |
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The nilgai along with the four-horned antelope are the only living members of the tribe Boselaphini.[2]
References
- Siddiq, Muhammad K. (2017). "Fossils of Boselaphus (Bovini: Bovidae: Ruminantia) from Sardhok Pleistocene of Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 49 (6): 2327–2330. doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.6.sc3.
- "Boselaphus tragocamelus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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