Boselaphus

Boselaphus
Temporal range: 3.4–0 Ma
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Late Pliocene-Recent[1]
Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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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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. ^ 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.