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ELAND (= elk)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 141 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ELAND (= See also:elk)  , the Dutch name for the largest of the See also:South See also:African antelopes (Taurotragus See also:oryx), a See also:species near akin to the See also:kudu, but with horns See also:present in both sexes, and their See also:spiral much closer, being in fact See also:screw-like instead of corkscrew-like . There is also a large See also:dewlap, while old bulls have a thick forelock . In the typical See also:southern See also:form the See also:body-See also:colour is wholly See also:pale fawn, but See also:north of the See also:Orange See also:river the body is marked by narrow See also:vertical See also:white lines, this See also:race being known as T. oryx livingstonei . In See also:Senegambia the genus is represented by T. derbianus, a much larger See also:animal, with a dark See also:neck; while in the See also:Bahr-el-Ghazal See also:district there is a gigantic See also:local race of this species (T. derbianus giganteus) . (R .

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