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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    hippopotami; , 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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    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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  • T. arkelli is regarded as the ancestor of the modern common eland. In comparison to modern eland, T. arkelli shows what are considered primitive characteristics...
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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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    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 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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    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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    Taurotragus oryx, the common eland, is a species with a conservation status of least concern...
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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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    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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    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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    scriptus) Sitatunga (T. spekeii) Greater kudu (T. strepsiceros) Cape bushbuck (T. sylvaticus) Taurotragus Giant eland (T. derbianus) Common eland (T. oryx)...
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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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    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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    include: Springbok Impala Steenbok Oribi Bushbuck Nyala Greater Kudu Common Eland Blue Wildebeest Black Wildebeest Blesbok Bontebok Sable Antelope Roan...
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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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    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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    although the average recorded age in the wild ranges from 15 to 17 years. Common causes of mortality can include avalanches, epidemics and predation. In...
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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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    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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    the desert warthog, while the best-known and most widespread species, the common warthog (or simply warthog), is Phacochoerus africanus. Although covered...
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