Antilope cervicapra (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 678

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[Capra] cervicapra Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 69 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "Habitat in India, Asia"; restricted by Zukowsky (1927:125) to "Trivandrum im südlichsten Vorderindien nahe Kap Comorin" ( India, Travancore, inland of Trivandrum).

Vernacular Names: Blackbuck.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Antilope cervicapra subsp. cervicapra Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Antilope cervicapra subsp. rajputanae Zukowsky 1927

Distribution: Bangladesh (extinct), India (Punjab south to Madras and east to Bihar; formerly up to Assam; now localized), Nepal (Terai; now very localized), and E Pakistan (extinct but vagrants occur); introduced to Texas ( USA), and Argentina.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( Nepal); IUCN – Near Threatened.

Discussion: Revised by Groves (1982 c).