Mysore Zoo - Nilgai

Mysore Zoo is the most popular zoo at Mysore in India. There are various wild animals and birds at the zoo. One among them is Nilgai, the largest Asian antelope. 

It has thin legs and a robust body that slopes down from the shoulder. Adult males have a grey to bluish-grey coat, while the females and young are tawny brown in color  The tips of the long, tufted tail and of the ears are black. They also possess a tubular-shaped "pennant" of long, coarse hair on the midsection of the throat.

Only the males have  two black, conical horns, arising close together just behind the eyes. The horns project upwards, but are slightly curved forward; they measure between 15 and 24 centimeters.

They  live in grasslands and woodlands where they eat grasses, leaves, buds, and fruit. They avoid dense forest and prefer the plains and low hills with shrubs. In India, it can be seen mostly in central and northern part.