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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 ("
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blue
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bull ")  , the largest
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antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) found in
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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
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short and insignificant . The
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general
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colour of the old bulls is bluish
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grey, but younger bulls and cows are browner . The
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nilgai is about the
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size of a
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mule (see ANTELOPE) .

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