nilgai
E271233
The nilgai is a large Asian antelope native to the Indian subcontinent, recognizable by its sturdy build, bluish-gray males, and preference for open plains and scrub forests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| nilgai canonical | 15 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antelope
ⓘ
bovid ⓘ even-toed ungulate ⓘ herbivore ⓘ mammal ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| averageFemaleShoulderHeight | 120 cm ⓘ |
| averageFemaleWeight | 150 kg ⓘ |
| averageMaleShoulderHeight | 130 cm ⓘ |
| averageMaleWeight | 200 kg ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Boselaphus
ⓘ
surface form:
Boselaphus tragocamelus
|
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
blue bull
ⓘ
nilgai ⓘ |
| conflictWithHumans | crop raiding ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | considered sacred by some communities in India ⓘ |
| diet |
buds
ⓘ
crops ⓘ grasses ⓘ leaves ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| femaleColoration | brown ⓘ |
| genus | Boselaphus ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 8 months ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural fields
ⓘ
open plains ⓘ scrub forests ⓘ |
| hasHorns |
femalesRarely
ⓘ
malesUsually ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Texas
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maleColoration | bluish-gray ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
India
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dewlap on throat and chest
ⓘ
short conical horns in males ⓘ sturdy build ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | present ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
loose groups
ⓘ
small herds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
| typicalLitterSize | 1 calf ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: nilgai Description of subject: The nilgai is a large Asian antelope native to the Indian subcontinent, recognizable by its sturdy build, bluish-gray males, and preference for open plains and scrub forests.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bengal tiger