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What is the name which is used in science to describe Nilgai, an antelope, and is one of the most commonly seen wild animals of central and northern India and eastern Pakistan; it is also present in parts of southern Nepal?
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0254. The nilgai is an antelope that lives in India and parts of Nepal and Pakistan. For an antelope, it has a weird scientific name: Boselaphus tragocamelus means ox-deer-goat ...
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION ... There is debate as to the origin of the name "nilgai ...
Scientific classification; Kingdom: Animalia: Phylum: ... Binomial name; Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas, 1766) ... A blue bull is called a nil gai or nilgai in India, from nil ...
Name (Scientific) Boselaphus tragocamelus: Name (English) Nilgai: Name (French) Antilope nilgaut: Name (German) Nilgau-Antilope: Name (Spanish) Nilgó, Antilope azul
The scientific name for Nilgai is Boselaphus tragocamelus. A mature Nilgai would look similar to an ox. They are also known as blue bulls and normally they weigh around 120-140 kg.

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