blackbuck
noun
black·buck
ˈblak-ˌbək 
: an antelope (Antilope cervicapra) native to India and adjacent regions in which the male has spirally twisted horns and a chiefly dark brown coat and the female a chiefly yellowish-fawn coat
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The only two exceptions—as far as the data goes—were the blackbuck (a kind of antelope) and the Patagonian mara (a kind of rodent).
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Doug Johnson,
Ars Technica,
28 Dec. 2021
This includes wild horses, whitetail and axis deer, blackbuck antelope, African oryx, armadillo roadrunners, and more.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2021
Harry Fleming, the operations manager at a ranch north of San Antonio, had wild blackbuck, axis and whitetail deer coming right up to him for feed — extremely atypical behavior.
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Washington Post,
25 Feb. 2021
Salman Khan, the brooding Bollywood megastar, was accused of killing two blackbucks in 1998 outside a Bishnoi village near the city of Jodhpur.
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Shashank Bengali,
latimes.com,
17 May 2018
Prosecutors alleged the 52-year-old shot the two blackbucks while out driving with some of his co-stars.
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Nicole Chavez,
CNN,
7 Apr. 2018
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Doug Johnson,
Ars Technica,
28 Dec. 2021
This includes wild horses, whitetail and axis deer, blackbuck antelope, African oryx, armadillo roadrunners, and more.
—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2021
Harry Fleming, the operations manager at a ranch north of San Antonio, had wild blackbuck, axis and whitetail deer coming right up to him for feed — extremely atypical behavior.
—
Washington Post,
25 Feb. 2021
Salman Khan, the brooding Bollywood megastar, was accused of killing two blackbucks in 1998 outside a Bishnoi village near the city of Jodhpur.
—
Shashank Bengali,
latimes.com,
17 May 2018
Prosecutors alleged the 52-year-old shot the two blackbucks while out driving with some of his co-stars.
—
Nicole Chavez,
CNN,
7 Apr. 2018
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