Boselaphus de Blainville 1816 (nilgai)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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