Biology:Boselaphus
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Short description: Genus of mammals
| Boselaphus | |
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| Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552477.
Wikidata ☰ Q10740872 entry
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