
Two Nilgai herds spotted in Bidar district
The Hindu
With two herds of antelopes called Nilgai being spotted in Bidar, the border district has become home for the first time to all the four major types of antelopes found in the country. As per informati
With two herds of antelopes called Nilgai being spotted in Bidar, the border district has become home for the first time to all the four major types of antelopes found in the country. As per information provided by Deputy Conservator of Forests Sivasankar S., 37 Nilgai in two herds, one with two males, 11 females, two calves and the other with nine males, 10 females and three calves, have been spotted in the district. The district has been host to the other three types of antelopes, the Chinkara, the Four-horned Antelope and the Blackbuck, he added.More Related News

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