Common eland
Taxonomy Taurotragus oryx [Pallas, 1766]. Citation: Misc. Zool., p. 9. Type locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope.
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Common Eland (T. oryx) Â- Giant Eland (T. derbianus)
Family Bovidae (subfamily Antilopinae)
Antilopini ...
The Common eland, Taurotragus oryx, may stand 6 feet at the shoulders and weigh slightly more than 2,000 pounds. Both sexes have horns, beautiful spirals three feet long.
The common eland, Taurotragus oryx, of S and E Africa, stands almost 6 ft (1.8 m) high at the shoulder and may weight up to 2,000 lb (910 kg). Its oxlike body is light brown, with a few narrow white stripes running across the back and down the sides.
Due to their widespread distribution, most hunters are satisfied hunting one of the Common Eland subspecies usually dependant on where you hunt.
Common eland (Tragelaphus oryx)
Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)
Oribi (Ourebia ourebi)
Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)
Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) ...
Apart from basic characteristics, antelopes differ from each other in appearance and physiology almost as much as they differ from other members of the cattle, goat, and sheep family. For example, the Common eland towers over most breeds of domestic ...
They have been reduced in numbers because: they are easily captured and killed; they yield large amounts of tender meat; their thick hide is excellent; and they suffer from rinderpest. Although the common eland is not endangered, ...
Mother-infant relationship and behavioural ontogeny in the common eland Taurotragus oryx oryx. S. Afr. J. Wildl. Res. 9:27-45.
Ward, R, 2006. Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game, 27th edn. Rowland Ward Publications, Johannesburg.
 See also: Eland, Antelope, Giant eland, Oryx, Gazelle
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