Common eland
(Taurotragus oryx)[] | |
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Species ID: | 3-4-31-4365-15228 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Genus: | Taurotragus |
Conservation status: | LC - Least Concern |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Links: | IUCN Red List |
Subspecies[]
- T. o. livingstonii (Livingstone's eland)
- T. o. oryx (Cape eland)
- T. o. pattersonianus (East African/Patterson's eland)
Other names[]
- Southern eland
- Eland antelope
Diet[]
- Grasses
- Leaves
- Forbs
- Seeds
- Tubers
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
Locations[]

Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- AT0108 East African montane forests
- AT0109 Eastern Arc forests
- AT0115 Knysna-Amatole montane forests
- AT0119 Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0125 Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128 Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
- AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
- AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
- AT0708 Itigi-Sumbu thicket
- AT0709 Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0714 Serengeti volcanic grasslands
- AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0718 Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0721 Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
- AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0901 East African halophytics
- AT0906 Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
- AT0907 Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT1001 Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1003 Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1004 Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1009 Highveld grasslands
- AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1202 Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1203 Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1309 Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1314 Nama Karoo
- AT1316 Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1322 Succulent Karoo