Boselaphus

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Boselaphus
Temporal range: Late Pliocene-Recent[1]
Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
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]

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