(Antilope cervicapra)

Physical Description:

Blackbuck antelope stand up to 29” to 33” high at the shoulder with head to body length of arounf 47”. Males weigh 44 to 126 lbs; while females are lighter, weighing 44 to 73 lbs. Trophy males have 18” to 30” long corkscrew horns.

Reproduction:

Females give birth to a single calf per breeding season and can breed twice a year.
Gestation period last 180 days (6 months).

Native Range Land:

The Blackbuck is native to the Indian subcontinent, but locally extinct in Pakistan and Bangladesh. In Nepal, the last surviving blackbuck population inhabits the Blackbuck Conservation Area south of Bardia National Park. In 2008, the population was estimated to comprise 184 individuals. In Pakistan, blackbucks occasionally occur along the border with India.

Today, only small, scattered herds are seen that are largely confined to protected areas.

The antelope was introduced in Texas in the Edwards Plateau in 1932. By 1988, the population had increased and the antelope was the most populous exotic animal in Texas after the Axis. As of early 2000s, the population in the United States was estimated at 35,000. The blackbuck was introduced into Argentina, numbering about 8,600 individuals as of the early 2000s.