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Taurotragus
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Taurotragus is a genus of giant antelopes of the African savanna, commonly known as elands. It contains two species: the common eland T. oryx and the giant eland T. derbianus.
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Taurotragus is a genus of mammals within the family Bovidae. It belongs to the subfamily Bovinae and is classified under the kingdom Animalia. The genus includes the species commonly known as the Common Eland.
Records for this taxon are held by several institutions, including USNM, UCMP, UCM, NHMUK, and CRCM. Specimens or data associated with Taurotragus have been documented in the United States, South Africa, Somalia, Uganda, and Tanzania.
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Species
Common Eland
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
旋角大羚羊属（学名：Taurotragus）也稱巨羚、大角斑羚或非洲林羚，有時也被稱為伊蘭羚或伊蘭羚羊（Elands），是偶蹄目牛科羚羊亞科的一属，也是最大型的羚羊。分布于非洲撒哈拉沙漠以南地區的热带草原，有兩個物種，分別是德氏大羚羊（Taurotragus derbianus）以及大羚羊（Taurotragus oryx）。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 59
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Bovidae
- Collections
- USNM, UCMP, UCM, NHMUK, CRCM, AMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Genetics and evolution
- Differences between species
- References
Taurotragus is a genus of giant antelopes of the African savanna, commonly known as elands. It contains two species: the common eland T. oryx and the giant eland T. derbianus.
==Taxonomy== {{cladogram|align=left|title= |caption=Phylogenetic relationships of the Taurotragus species in relation to the species from a paraphyletic Tragelaphus. From combined analysis of all molecular data (Willows-Munro et.al. 2005) |cladogram={{clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:100%;width:300px; |1={{clade |1={{clade |label1= |1= {{clade|label1= |1= {{clade |label1= |1={{clade |1= }} }} }} |2=Nyala}} |2=Lesser kudu }} }} }} Taurotragus is a genus of large African antelopes, placed under the subfamily Bovinae and family Bovidae. The genus authority is the German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner, who first mentioned it in the journal Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen in 1855. The name is composed of two Greek words: ταῦρος (taûros), meaning a "bull" or "bullock", and τράγος (trágos), meaning a "male goat"—in reference to the tuft of hair that grows in the eland's ear which resembles a goat's beard.
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