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Genus I. BOSELAPHUS. 
Type. 
Boselaphus, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. p. 75 (1816) . B. TRAGOCAMELUS. 
Portax, H. Smith, Griff. An. Kingdom, v. p. 366 (1827) 
B. TRAGOCAMELUS. 
Tragelaphus, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 138 . 
B. TRAGOCAMELUS. 
Of large size and somewhat heavy build, with the withers considerably 
higher than the hind-quarters. Muzzle large and naked. ‘ars small. Tail 
reaching the hocks, tufted at the end, more or less fringed at the sides. 
Skull very flat above, the parietals nearly in the same plane as the frontals ; 
occipital ridge strong. Molars with long crowns; those of the upper jaw with 
accessory column. 
Horns present only in male, short, shorter than length of face, broad and 
triangular in section at the base, with strong anterior basal ridge; base of 
horn inclined obliquely backwards, transversely ridged, distal extremity nearly 
vertical, lightly curved, smooth, and tapering. 
Range of Genus. Restricted to the Peninsula of India. 
One species only. 
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