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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 (" See also:blue See also:bull ")  , the largest See also:antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) found in See also:India, where it represents the See also:kudu and See also:eland See also:group of Agrica . Only the bulls have horns, and these are See also:short and insignificant . The See also:general See also:colour of the old bulls is bluish See also:grey, but younger bulls and cows are browner . The See also:nilgai is about the See also:size of a See also:mule (see ANTELOPE) .

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