The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a large savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern...
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Taurotragus (redirect from Eland (genus))
African savanna, commonly known as elands. It contains two species: the common eland T. oryx and the giant eland T. derbianus. Taurotragus /təˈrɒtrəɡəs/...
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The giant eland (Taurotragus derbianus), also known as the Lord Derby's eland or greater eland, is an open-forest and savanna antelope. A species of the...
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eland in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eland may refer to: Taurotragus, a genus of antelope Common eland of East and Southern Africa Giant eland of...
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endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. These include the bushbucks, kudus, and the elands. The scientific name is in reference to the mythical creature the tragelaph...
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Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11692-1. "Animal Bytes – Common Eland". Seaworld.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2012-04-08...
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Hippopotamus (redirect from Common hippopotamus)
hippopotamuses), often shortened to hippo (pl.: hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus and river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic...
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Ridge Veldt includes Rothschild's giraffes, Grant's zebras, wildebeest, Common eland, Barbary sheep, ostrich, southern white rhinoceroses, addax, and scimitar...
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The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family (Suidae) found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa...
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needed] The dewlap is also seen in both sexes of moose. The giant eland and common eland both have skin flaps to aide in thermoregulation. Due to its high...
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Antelope (category Mammal common names)
circuits of all mammals. Antelope vary greatly in size. For example, a male common eland can measure 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) at the shoulder and weigh almost 950 kg...
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The common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), also known as the gray duiker or bush duiker, is a small antelope and the only member of the genus Sylvicapra....
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s. spekii Genus Taurotragus Common eland, Taurotragus oryx T. o. oryx T. o. livingstonii T. o. pattersonianus Giant eland, Taurotragus derbianus T. d...
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The name "oryx" was introduced by Peter Simon Pallas in 1767 for the common eland as Antilope oryx. He also scientifically described the Arabian oryx as...
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third-largest in the Bovidae tribe of Strepsicerotini, behind both the common and greater eland by about 300 kg (660 lb), and above the greater kudu by about 40 kg...
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relatives are the forest-inhabiting bongo, the bushbuck, the large common and giant elands, the greater and lesser kudus, the mountain nyala (of Ethiopia)...
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The Eland is an air-portable light armoured car based on the Panhard AML. Designed and built for long-range reconnaissance, it mounts either a 60mm (2...
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(Antilope cervicapra) 165 Bovid (Cattle) (Bos taurus) 279 287 283 Bovid (Common eland) (Taurotragus oryx) 255 Bovid (Domestic goat) (Capra hircus) 145 155...
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and have long necks and considerable sexual dimorphism. Elands, including the common eland (Taurotragus oryx), are embedded within this genus, meaning...
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Great Britain including species of greater kudu, nyala, gemsbok, the common eland, Arabian and scimitar oryx, an Ankole-Watusi cow, and an American bison...
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The eland, the largest of the antelope family. Its genus has two species in Africa, the common eland of East and Southern Africa and the giant eland of...
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Grévy's zebra still roam the park, while the populations of waterbuck, common eland, impala, topi, bushbuck, and Thomson's gazelle have died out. But an...
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permitting the use of the name Bos mutus for wild yaks, and this is now the more common usage. There are no recognised subspecies of yak except where the wild yak...
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Taurotragus oryx, the common eland, is a species with a conservation status of least concern...
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kudu), Strepsiceros (greater kudu), and their close relatives Taurotragus (elands). The greater kudu was split into four species based on genetic evidence...
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peccary, recovered outside the clade containing peccaries and suids. Although common in South America today, peccaries did not reach there until about three...
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Impala (redirect from Common impala)
granti), Thomson's gazelle (G. thomsoni), impala (Aepyceros melampus), and eland (Taurotragus oryx)." Journal of Comparative Psychology 101.4 (1987): 299...
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elaborately formed (for example in a spiral structure, as in the giant eland). Thus, to some extent, horns depict the degree of competition among males...
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ostriches, wildebeest, zebras, gemsbok, bushbuck, springbok, duiker, common eland, and common warthogs. The park is a destination for birdwatching. Birds in...
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gazelle, Grant's gazelle, common eland, impala, hartebeest, waterbuck, common warthog, olive baboon, black-backed jackal, common ostrich, and Nile crocodile...
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