Taurotragus

Thesaurus

Noun

Taurotragus - African antelopes: elands genus Taurotragusmammal genus - a genus of mammalsBovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goatseland - either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexescommon eland, Taurotragus oryx - dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africagiant eland, Taurotragus derbianus - large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa

Taurotragus

a genus of artiodactyl mammals of the family Bovidae. The Taurotragus comprise the largest antelopes. The body length is 3 m or more, and the height at the shoulders is about 1.8 m. The animals weigh up to 900 kg. Both males and females have massive, spirally twisted horns, measuring up to 1 m long. There is a fold of skin, or dewlap, under the neck. The tail is tufted. The animals are yellow, with faint white transverse stripes on the trunk and neck. There are two species: the common eland (T. oryx) and the bongo (T. eurycerus). They are distributed in central and southern Africa.

Taurotragus

Related to Taurotragus: Tragelaphus, Taurotragus oryx, eland

noun

Synonyms for Taurotragus

noun African antelopes: elands

Synonyms

genus Taurotragus

Related Words

mammal genus
Bovidae
family Bovidae
eland
common eland
Taurotragus oryx
giant eland
Taurotragus derbianus

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