Blackbuck

The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope native to India and Nepal.

Quotes

• That land where the black antelope naturally roams, one must know to be fit for the performance of sacrifices; (the tract) different from that (is) the country of the Mlekkhas.
  • Manu Smriti 2.23, as quoted in Decolonizing the Hindu Mind (2001), by Koenraad Elst