#0420 · 🦊 mammals

Blackbuck

🇳🇱 Indische Antilope ·Antilope cervicapra

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Avinash Bhagat · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paulmathi Vinod · CC BY 4.0
3. © Sourav Halder · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
5. © Pramod CL · CC BY 4.0
6. © Mahathi Narayanaswamy · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Pramod CL · CC BY 4.0
8. © Mahathi Narayanaswamy · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Uday Agashe · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Jayant M Deshpande · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The blackbuck (/ˈblækˌbʌk/; Antilope cervicapra ), also known as the Indian antelope , is an antelope found in India, Nepal and Pakistan. The blackbuck is the sole extant member of the genus Antilope . The species was described and given its binomial name by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Two subspecies are recognized. It stands up to 74 to 84 cm (29 to 33 in) high at the shoulder. Males weigh 20–57 kilograms (44–126 lb), an average of 38 kilograms (84 lb)....

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,750iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,750 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).