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| Boselaphus tragocamelus | |
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| Boselaphus tragocamelus Pall., 1766
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The Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) is an antelope found in Asia.[1][2][3] It is commonly seen in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and eastern Pakistan. The mature males appear ox-like and are also known as Blue bulls. The nilgai is the biggest Asian antelope.[4][5]
The species was described in 1766.[6][7] The Ancient Indus Bull seals or the the Harappan unicorn was probably originally the humpless bull of Western Asia, and then transformed in the Indus Valley into an image of the Blue bull, the Nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus), it’s found in central and Northern India and Eastern Pakistan.
References
- ↑ "Nilgai". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
- ↑ Gray, J.E. (1850). "Synopsis of the species of antelopes and strepsiceres, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 18: 111–146.
- ↑ Pilgrim, G.E. (1939). "The fossil bovidae of India". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series. 26: 1–356.
- ↑ Padhi, S.; Panigrahi, G.K.; Panda, S. (2004). The Wild Animals of India. Delhi: Biotech Books. pp. 26–7. ISBN 978-81-7622-106-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Rafferty, J.P., ed. (2011). Grazers (1st ed.). New York, US: Britannica Educational Pub. pp. 83–4. ISBN 978-1-61530-336-6. Search this book on
- ↑ Parsons, J. (1745). "An account of a quadruped brought from Bengal and now to be seen in London". Philosophical Transactions. 43 (476): 465–7. doi:10.1098/rstl.1744.0089. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Renshaw, G. (1907). Final Natural History Essays. Cambridge, England: Sherratt & Hughes. pp. 120–1. Search this book on
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