Boselaphus is a genus of bovid. The nilgai is the sole living representative, although one other species is known from the fossil record.[1]
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Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) | |
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Boselaphus tragocamelus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 March 2016.