🐃Nilgai
Die Nilgauantilope oder Nilgaiantilope (Boselaphus tragocamelus), meistens nur kurz als Nilgau oder Nilgai bezeichnet, ist eine asiatische Antilopenart.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 180 kg
- Body length
- 2.05 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 22 years
Everything we know about the Nilgai
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass180 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 180 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length2.05 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass272 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan22 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 22 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length8.06 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation255 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 255 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.63 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l180 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 Nilgai yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusBoselaphus
- ›speciesBoselaphus tragocamelus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyBovinae
- genusBoselaphus
All 16 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyBovinae
- genusBoselaphus
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