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NILGAI, or NYLGHAU (" blue bull ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 701 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NILGAI, or NYLGHAU (" blue bull ")  , the largest
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antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) found in India, where it represents the
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kudu and
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eland
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group of Agrica . Only the bulls have horns, and these are short and insignificant . The general colour of the old bulls is bluish grey, but younger bulls and cows are browner . The nilgai is about the
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size of a mule (see ANTELOPE) .

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