Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Antilopinae — theblackbucks .
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Examples
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In addition to these lions, several other threatened mammal species deserve conservation attention, namely the threatened chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis), blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), and chinkara (Gazella bennettii).
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Among the mammal fauna, the blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), chinkara (Gazella bennettii), caracal (Felis caracal), and desert fox (Vulpes bengalensis) inhabit the open plains, grasslands, and saline depressions known as chappar or rann in the core area of the desert.
Thar desert 2008
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The mammal community includes several ungulates of conservation importance such as the blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), the chinkara (Gazella bennettii), and the small Indian chevrotain or mouse deer (Moschiola meminna).
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For example, the grasslands of southern Andhra Pradesh support a good population of the Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) and blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra).
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“Jauzar” = a bubalus (Antilope defessa), also called
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Neither exceptionally species-rich nor high in endemism, the ecoregion nevertheless harbors viable populations of chinkara (Gazella bennettii), chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis), and blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
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It was one of my mother's stand-by scents: an important evening party meant Joy, a "date" with my father meant Bandit or Antilope, the rest of the time it was Miss Dior.
Archive 2007-01-01 Marina Geigert 2007
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Starts with a marvelous wininess and a sweet blackness that reminds me a bit of something my Mom had- I want to say Antilope?
Archive 2007-06-01 Marina Geigert 2007
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In descending the Leeba we saw many herds of wild animals, especially the tahetsi (‘Aigoceros equina’), one magnificent antelope, the putokuane (‘Antilope niger’), and two fine lions.
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(‘Antilope pygarga’), gnus, bluebucks (‘A. cerulea’), steinbucks, and the ostrich (‘Struthio camelus’), continue, like the Bushmen, to maintain a precarious existence when all the rest are gone.
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