Boselaphus de Blainville 1816 (nilgai)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Synonyms: Portax Hamilton-Smith 1827, Tragelaphus Ogilby 1837

Parent taxon: Boselaphini according to D. M. Leslie 2008

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gentry 2010, Grubb 2001, Hassanin and Douzery 1999 and Hassanin and Douzery 2003

Sister taxa: Austroportax, Elachistoceras, Eotragus, Kipsigicerus, Mirabilocerus, Neotragocerus, Parabos, Pikermicerus, Protragocerus, Sivoreas, Tetracerus, Tragoportax

Subtaxa: Boselaphus tragocamelus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (8 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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