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Nilgai (females and young)

Boselaphus tragocamelus

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

A large antelope, the females are a light brown color with a white rump.

Habitat:

They are native to India, but they are pretty common to see in south Texas and Alabama where they escaped from ranches where they were brought over for hunting.

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Comments (3)
AshleyT
They were on a very famous ranch in south Texas for hunting, but they escaped a couple years ago and there are several thousand living completely wild and doing quite well too
Scott Frazier
Wow, so these are feral escapees or held on a hunting reserve?
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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