Boselaphus tragocamelus

largest living Asian antelope
Taxon taxon Q200444
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Summary

Boselaphus tragocamelus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,229 views/month, #695 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Boselaphus[5]
  • Taxon name: Boselaphus tragocamelus[6]
  • Commons category: Boselaphus tragocamelus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Boselaphus tragocamelus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Boselaphus tragocamelus[9]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Original combination: Antilope tragocamelus[12]
  • Taxon synonym: Antilope picta[13]
  • Short name: B. tragocamelus[14]
  • Taxon common name: Nilgai[15], Nilgo[16], Nilgau[17], Bluebuck[18], Nilgauantilope[19], nilgó[20], nijlgau[21]
  • Gestation period: 8 month[22]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 21.7 years[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule III of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[25]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix III of CITES[26]
  • Litter size: 1.5[27]

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Identifiers

Boselaphus tragocamelus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42426[28]. Boselaphus tragocamelus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9917[29]. Boselaphus tragocamelus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311908[30]. Boselaphus tragocamelus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441133[31]. Boselaphus tragocamelus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552477[32].

Why It Matters

Boselaphus tragocamelus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Boselaphus tragocamelus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae). wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Boselaphus tragocamelus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · GreenRedFlag · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+8'}
    Litter size → {'amount': '+1.5'}
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2663789
    Topic's main category → Category:Boselaphus tragocamelus
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: নীলগাই"
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