Boselaphus

Boselaphus; Temporal range: 3.4–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Pliocene-Recent
	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)
Species
	Boselaphus tragocamelus - Nilgai; †Boselaphus namadicus;
Synonyms
	Portax

Boselaphus is a genus of bovid. The nilgai is the sole living representative, although one other species is known from the fossil record.^[1]

The nilgai along with the four-horned antelope are the only living members of the tribe Boselaphini.^[2]

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