Nilgai

SAN DIEGO ZOO INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH
REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY DIVISION
SPERM ATLAS
COMMON NAME
Nilgai
PICTURE
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CLASS
Mammalia
RP NUMBER
08-087
ORDER
Artiodactyla
SUBORDER
Ruminantia
FAMILY
Bovidae
SUBFAMILY
Bovinae
GENUS
SPECIES
STAIN
HEAD SHAPE
Coomassie
Oval
ANIMAL PICTURE
Boselaphus
B. tragocamelus
SUBSPECIES
MEASUREMENTS (μm)
Head Length
7.62
Head Width
5.37
Midpiece Length
11.91
Tail Length
40.89
Measure Total
60.42
NOTES
Cytoplasmic droplet present due to sperm being extracted directly from the vas deferens