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--> FAMILY Bovidae
--> SUBFAMILY Antilopinae
--> GENUS Antilope
SPECIES Antilope cervicapra
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 69. | | Common Name: | Blackbuck | | Type Locality: | "Habitat in India, Asia"; restricted by Zukowsky (1927:125) to "Trivandrum im südlichsten Vorderindien nahe Kap Comorin" (India, Travancore, inland of Trivandrum). | | Distribution: | Bangladesh (extinct), India (Punjab south to Madras and east to Bihar; formerly up to Assam; now localized), Nepal (Terai; now very localized), and E Pakistan (extinct but vagrants occur); introduced to Texas (USA), and Argentina. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (Nepal); IUCN – Near Threatened. | | Comments: | Revised by Groves (1982c). |
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