🐃Blackbuck
The blackbuck, also known as the Indian antelope, is a medium-sized antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.
- Body mass
- 38 kg
- Body length
- 1.23 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 24 years
Everything we know about the Blackbuck
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass38 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 38 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.23 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass136 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan24 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length7.52 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.9 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation168 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 168 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.62 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.04 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l38 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Blackbuck yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusAntilope
- ›speciesAntilope cervicapra
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusAntilope
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- genusAntilope
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