None are endemic to the ecoregion, but the blackbuck is a threatened species whose populations take refuge in this harsh environment. From Wordnik.com. [Thar desert] Reference
The chousingha and blackbuck are threatened species and should be focal species for conservation actions. From Wordnik.com. [Northwestern thorn scrub forests] Reference
He collected numerous heads from his hunting days, including one of each: blackbuck, scimitar horned oryx, elk, fallow, pronghorn, boar, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Our Father enjoyed hunting big-game for several years, and read various hunting magazines. Sadly, he passed away in Nov 2008.] Reference
Although none of them are endemic, there are several threatened species, including the tiger, gaur, wild dog, sloth bear, chousingha, and blackbuck. From Wordnik.com. [Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests] Reference
The local people, especially the Bishnoi communities, have a cultural reverence for wild animals, particularly blackbuck and the tree Prosopis cinerea. From Wordnik.com. [Northwestern thorn scrub forests] Reference
LaFonda offers other hunts year-round for game such as whitetails, doves, turkeys, and exotics (like axis deer and blackbuck antelope, which you can hunt now). From Wordnik.com. [Lodge of the Month: Quail Hunting Texas at LaFonda Ranch] Reference
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). From Wordnik.com. [Northwestern thorn scrub forests] Reference
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). From Wordnik.com. [Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Thar desert] Reference
Hunting blackbuck with cheetah engraving from 1812, Wikipedia. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
A "ram" could be a male sheep or a male blackbuck or an Impala. From Wordnik.com. [statesman.com - Highschool] Reference
'Tis a league and a league to the Lena Falls where the trooping blackbuck go. From Wordnik.com. [Songs from Books] Reference
In the 1998 census, the blackbuck population stood at 170, and in 1999 it rose to 200. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Apparently, Raj Babu, as he is fondly called, had banned Salman from his cinema after the blackbuck-killing incident in Jodhpur. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
A variety of different sheep, bison, blackbuck, water buffalo, emu and watusi are among the animals available for hunting, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Parkersburg News and Sentinel] Reference
Some of the zoo's latest additions include an African wild cat, buffalo, blackbuck, bushbuck, nyala, Bapedi sheep and Cameroon goat. From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News] Reference
The reserve is also home to leopards, fishing cats, chital, sambar, hog deer, blackbuck, sloth bears and rhesus monkeys, among others. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Factors such as human densities did increase the probability of extinction for many species with the exception of adaptable animals such as wild pigs, jackals, and blackbuck. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
Cranes stretched their necks above the grass; now and then a herd of blackbuck (which were below our hunting ambitions) scampered away; the sky was full of wild-duck and other water-fowl. From Wordnik.com. [Roving East and Roving West] Reference
The 2.7 sq km GNP, located in the heart of Chennai, is home to the endangered blackbuck, herds of spotted deer, jackals, civets, over 130 species of birds, monitor lizards, snakes, turtles and tortoises. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Other threatened species in the ecoregion include tiger, gaur (Bos gaurus), wild dog (Cuon alpinus), sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis), and blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). From Wordnik.com. [Deccan thorn scrub forests] Reference
The Sydney Morning Herald says documents obtained under Freedom of Information show the zoo made none of the contractual safeguards it claimed to have implemented to protect the 16 blackbuck antelope from being hunted on Bob McComb's proposed game reserve. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
But the mammal fauna includes a long list of threatened large vertebrates that includes the tiger, sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), wild dog (Cuon alpinus), gaur (Bos gaurus), chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis), blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), and chinkara (Gazella bennettii). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests] Reference
The ecoregion is not exceptionally rich or high in endemism but does harbor several large mammals of conservation importance, including the leopard (Panthera pardus), caracal (Felis caracal), chinkara (Gazella bennettii), chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis), and blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). From Wordnik.com. [Northwestern thorn scrub forests] Reference
Nevertheless, several of India's large charismatic vertebrates, including several that are threatened such as the tiger, Asian elephant, wild dog (Cuon alpinus), sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis), blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), and chinkara (Gazella bennettii), are found here. From Wordnik.com. [Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests] Reference
My buddy and his nice blackbuck. From Wordnik.com. [Field & Stream] Reference
Whitetail, muley, axis, fallow, sika, and I am not sure if you count these but pronghorn, blackbuck, and elk. From Wordnik.com. [How many species of deer have you shot? I have three. They are Whitetail, Mule deer and Sitka Blacktail.] Reference
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