The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a large-sized savannah and plains antelope found in East and...
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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 and greater eland, is an open-forest and savanna antelope. A species of...
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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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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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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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Hippopotamus (redirect from Common hippopotamus)
hippopotamuses; , also shortened to hippo (pl.: hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic...
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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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common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) or Nile hippopotamus. The pygmy hippopotamus displays many terrestrial adaptations, but like the common hippo...
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Ridge Veldt includes Rothschild's giraffes, Grant's zebras, wildebeest, Common eland, Barbary sheep, ostrich, white rhinoceroses, addax, and scimitar oryx...
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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 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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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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Pig (redirect from Common pig)
behavioural thermoregulation. Wallowing, coating the body with mud, is a common behaviour. They do not submerge completely under the mud, but vary the depth...
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Sheep (redirect from Common sheep)
line of descent from wild ancestors to domestic sheep is unclear. The most common hypothesis states that Ovis aries is descended from the Asiatic (O. gmelini)...
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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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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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Taurotragus oryx, the common eland, is a species with a conservation status of least concern...
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economic sense. The word cow came via Anglo-Saxon cū (plural cȳ), from Common Indo-European gʷōus (genitive gʷowés) 'a bovine animal', cf. Persian: gâv...
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"oryx" into the scientific literature in 1767, adding the name to the common eland as Antilope oryx (Pallas, 1767). In 1777, he transferred the name to...
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include: Springbok Impala Steenbok Oribi Bushbuck Nyala Greater Kudu Common Eland Blue Wildebeest Black Wildebeest Blesbok Bontebok Sable Antelope Roan...
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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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the Americas 40–45 million years ago, during the Eocene period, from the common ancestor, Protylopus. The descendants divided into Camelini and Lamini tribes...
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Wild boar (redirect from Common boar)
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and...
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rest of the body during the summer months. Calves are born spotted, as is common with many deer species, and lose them by the end of summer. Adult Manchurian...
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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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150 days. Twins are the usual result, with single and triplet births also common. Less frequent are litters of quadruplet, quintuplet, and even sextuplet...
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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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present in most English counties and also in Wales, although they are less common in the north-west. The British Deer Society in 2007 found that muntjac deer...
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