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    Boselaphus

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    Boselaphus
    Temporal range: 3.4–0 Ma
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    Late Pliocene-Recent[1]
    Nilgai at Ranthambore.jpg
    Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Mammalia
    Order: Artiodactyla
    Family: Bovidae
    Subfamily: Bovinae
    Tribe: Boselaphini
    Genus: Boselaphus
    Blainville, 1816
    Type species
    Boselaphus tragocamelus
    (Pallas, 1766)
    Species
    • Boselaphus tragocamelus - Nilgai
    • †Boselaphus namadicus
    Synonyms

    Portax

    Boselaphus is a genus of bovid. The nilgai is the sole living representative, although one other species is known from the fossil record.[1]

    The nilgai along with the four-horned antelope are the only living members of the tribe Boselaphini.[2]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b 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.
    2. ^ "Boselaphus tragocamelus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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