Southern Blackbuck

The Southern Blackbuck.

The Southern Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra cervicapra) is a species of antelope. It lives mainly in western India, but also in parts of Pakistan within the Republic of India. It also lives in Nepal. Known as the Southeastern Blackbuck, it occurs in southern, eastern, and central India. The white eye ring of the male is narrow above the eye and the neck is all black in the male, and the white on the underside is largely restricted to the belly in both males and females. The black leg stripe is well defined and reaches all along the leg.

The blackbuck was once the state animal of Osmanistan. It is now the provincial animal of Eastern Punjab.

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