Black Bucks in Tal Chappar Sanctuary, Rajasthan

From the archive record

Blackbuck is one of the fastest of all terrestrial animals reaching speeds of up to 80 km/h and it 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. Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), is a species of antelope found mainly in India. 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 South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collectio