nilgai, blue bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus)

Query: Iconographia zoologica

Result: 1089^th of 1524

Subject:	nilgai, blue bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

Antilope picta - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ21400203.jpg

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nilgai, blue bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus)

Antilope picta
Date 1700-1880
Artist Jacques de Sève (Fl. 1742–1742), Creator:O. de Vries
Source/Photographer Buffon XVI pl. XIV (suppl. t. V p. 95 pl. XXIV)
Old Latin name Antilope picta
New Latin name Boselaphus tragocamelus picta
Common name Nederlands: Nijlgau
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antilope_picta_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ21400203.tif

The nilgai or blue bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus) is the largest Asian antelope and is endemic to India, Nepal and Pakistan. The nilgai is the sole member of the genus Boselaphus and placed in the family Bovidae.

Iconographia zoologica
1089/1524

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