Antilope cervicapra Linnaeus 1758 (blackbuck)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Alternative combination: Capra cervicapra

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Antilope according to O. Thomas 1911

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008 and Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: Antilope (Pantholops), Antilope arundinum, Antilope campestris, Antilope ellipsiprymnus, Antilope equina, Antilope leptoceros, Antilope lervia, Antilope lindermayeri, Antilope ourebi, Antilope pallasi, Antilope patulicornis, Antilope porrecticornis, Antilope sivalensis

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Antilope cervicapra in the database

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