#0359 · 🦊 mammals

Nilgai

🇳🇱 Nijlgau ·Boselaphus tragocamelus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The nilgai or blue bull (/ˈnɪlˌɡaɪ/; literally meaning "blue cow"; Boselaphus tragocamelus ) is the largest Asian antelope and is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. The sole member of the genus Boselaphus , the species was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. 9 ft) at the shoulder; males weigh 109–288 kilograms (240–635 lb), and the lighter females 100–213 kilograms (220–470 lb). A sturdy thin-legged antelope, the nilgai is...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,982iNaturalist 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.
3,982 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766 (260 years ago).