From the archive record
Breeding season fight between Blackbucks in Rajasthan. Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), is a species of antelope found mainly in India. It is one of the fastest of all terrestrial animals reaching to speeds of up to 80 km/h and is one of the few antelopes where males and females have distinctive coloration, as the male bucks are a distinctive black and white and have long twisted horns, while females are fawn coloured with no horns. The distinctive horns of the Blackbuck are ringed with 1 to 4 spiral turns, rarely more than 4 turns, and can be as long as 79 cm. Blackbuck is one of the fastest animals and can outrun most predators over long distances. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from