Nilgai

The nilgai or blue bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus), sometimes cried the neelghae or nilgau, is the lairgest Asie antelope.

Nilgai
Nilgai in the Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Faimily:	Bovidae
Subfaimily:	Bovinae
Genus:	Boselaphus Blainville, 1816
Species:	B. tragocamelus
Binomial name
Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas, 1766)
Range of the nilgai
Synonyms[2]
Antilope tragocamelus (Pallas, 1766) A. albipes (Erxleben, 1777) A. leucopus (Zimmermann, 1777) A. picta (Pallas, 1776) Boselaphus picta (de Blainville, 1816) B. albipes (Desmarest, 1816) Cemas tragocamelus (Oken, 1816) C. picta (Oken, 1816) Damalis risia (C. H. Smith, 1827) D. picta (Brookes, 1828) Portax risia (C. H. Smith, 1827) P. tragelaphus (Sundevall, 1846) Tragelaphus hippelaphus (Ogilby, 1838)