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TIL about the the nilgai, scientific name Boselaphus tragocamelus. The generic name Boselaphus comes from the combination of the Latin bos "cow/ox" and the Greek elaphos "deer". The specific name tragocamelus comes from two Greek words tragos "he-goat" and kamelos "camel". It is an antelope

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