Boselaphini
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The Boselaphini or four-horned antelope tribe are the last survivors of a form very similar to that of the ancestors of the entire subfamily. Both species have relatively primitive anatomical and behavioural characteristics and the females have no horns. They are native to the rapidly diminishing forests of India, and tend to avoid open plains. The Nilgai has been introduced into southern Texas where a population of a little under 15,000 animals provides some long-term insurance for its survival.
- Family Bovidae
- Subfamily Bovinae
- Tribe Boselaphini
- Genus Tetracerus
- Four-horned Antelope, Tetracerus quadricornis
- Genus Boselaphus
- Nilgai or blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus (not to be confused with the extinct Bluebuck Hippotragus leucophaeus, Hippotraginae)
- Genus Tetracerus
- Tribe Boselaphini
- Subfamily Bovinae
