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Boselaphus or Portax tragocamelus
Nylghau Nyl"ghau, Nylgau Nyl"gau, n. [Hind. & Per. n[=i]lg[=a]w, prop., a blue cow; Per. n[=i]l blue + g[=a]w cow. See Lilac, and Cow the animal.] (Zo["o]l.) A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus, or Portax, tragocamelus), found in Northern India. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown. [Written also neelghau, nilgau, and nylghaie.]

Meaning of Portax from wikipedia

- (Oken, 1816) Damalis risia (C. H. Smith, 1827) D. picta (Brookes, 1828) Portax risia (C. H. Smith, 1827) P. tragelaphus (Sundevall, 1846) Tragelaphus hippelaphus...
- Boselaphus Blainville, 1816 Type species Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas, 1766) Species Boselaphus tragocamelus - Nilgai †Boselaphus namadicus Synonyms Portax...
- namadicus was first discovered in 1878, and was originally described as Portax namadicus. It was moved to Boselaphus less than a year later when similarities...