Boselaphus
| Boselaphus Temporal range: Late Pliocene-Recent | |
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| Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| 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.
The nilgai along with the four-horned antelope are the only living members of the tribe Boselaphini.
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