eland
common eland
Taurotragus oryx latin

"They come down to the water like a family of elands."

As a matter of fact, however, I had never seen an eland in a wild state before.

They know there are giant eland in the park because we saw one.

Not knowing their father's love for the eland, they killed it.

Those hills to the west, I'm sure they hold eland and water.

They called the eland out of its hiding place and killed it.

Scientists take it as a form of communication in elands.

"A wise man would leave him, and walk away even as the eland did."

"He thought we were going to offer him," she explained to Eland.

There was somebody way up in the balcony, and he'd shot Eland.

In the back was an eland which weighed close to a ton.

The day before he had seen a trio of red wolves bring down a young eland.

But the eland was a cunning animal and difficult to find.

He saw the arrow strike before the eland ran away.

With more population, the elands were divided into five groups for observation.

Seeing those eland hiding off in a valley had the same effect.

Today is the best chance to see Eland, the largest of the antelope family.

After the first six months the young eland might join a group of other juveniles.

The eland would take them for other wild game.

Then his eyes fell on the ribcage of the eland.

He had lost the eland, but he would at least take water back to his family and people.

"The horses will not alarm the eland," he told himself.

The eland can conserve water by increasing its body temperature.

Giant elands are not territorial, and have large home ranges.

The paper had set the name as @l eland Stanford.

Common elands form herds of up to 500 animals, but are not territorial.

In 2010, a genetic study was made basing on the evolutionary history of common elands.

Three subspecies of common eland have been recognized, though their validity has been in dispute.

Populations of plains zebra, common eland, are also threatened Grants gazelle.

The common eland is farmed in some parts of Africa, where it is well adapted to local conditions.

Common Eland live in large herds.

Common elands communicate via gestures, vocalizations, scent cues and display behaviors.

Currently, common elands are not endangered.

The common eland provides leather and rich, nutritious milk, and has been domesticated in many areas.

In contrast, the farmed common elands behaved as in the conditions of captivity, without predators.

There are also larger artiodactyl species, such as the Cape buffalo, common eland and the giraffe.

Common elands are nomadic and crepuscular.

The common eland and giant eland have been estimated to have diverged about 1.6 million years ago.

Common elands are spiral-horned antelopes.

Common elands live on the open plains of southern Africa and along the foothills of the great southern African plateau.

The first elands introduced in England were a pair of common elands, and what would later be identified as a giant eland bull.

It contains two species: the Common Eland and the Giant Eland.

In southern Africa common elands will often associate with herds of zebras, roan antelopes and oryxes.

Common elands are also pictured as supporters in the coat of arms of Grootfontein, Namibia.

Although the giant eland is somewhat larger than the common eland, the epithet 'giant' actually refers to its large horns.

Relatively large numbers of common eland now live on private land, particularly in Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, reflecting its value as a trophy animal.

Despite its common name, this species broadly overlaps in size with the common eland (Taurotragus oryx).

The common eland was first described in 1766 by the German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas.

Common elands are herbivores that browse during drier winter months but have also adapted to grazing during the rainy season when grasses are more common.

Giant elands have comparatively longer legs than the common eland, as well as much brighter black and white markings on the legs and pasterns.

Despite its common name, this species broadly overlaps in size with the common eland (Taurotragus oryx).

The Common Eland, Taurotragus oryx, is from East Africa and South Africa.

Lydekker identified Patterson's trophy as a new subspecies of eland, which he named Taurotragus oryx pattersonianius.

The Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx) was once classified in this genus as T. oryx.

Infestation in a herd of eland (Taurotragus oryx) in Kruger National Park was reported as "nearly half of 33" individuals.

The scientific name of the common eland is Taurotragus oryx, composed of three words: tauros, tragos and oryx.

The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa.