Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas 1766)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 693

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scientific name	Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas 1766)
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[Antilope] tragocamelus Pallas 1766 , Misc. Zool.: 5.

Type Locality: No locality cited; restricted to "plains of Peninsular India " (Lydekker, 1914 b:227) .

Vernacular Names: Nilgai.

Distribution: India, Nepal (Terai), and E Pakistan; introduced into Texas ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: Antilope tragocamelus Pallas, 1766 , was based on accounts of the "tragelaphus" by Caius, Gesner and Ray and on Parsons' (1745) description of a male nilgai in London (here designated the lectotype), which had first been "brought to Bengal, from a very remote part of the Mogul's Dominions".