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--> GENUS Taurotragus
SPECIES Taurotragus oryx
Author: | Pallas, 1766. | Citation: | Misc. Zool.: 9. | Common Name: | Common Eland | Type Locality: | Known to the Dutch "ad Promontorium B. Spei", restricted to South Africa, Western Cape Prov., near Cape Town by Shortridge (1934:607). | Distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Burundi (extinct), S Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia (seasonal in Omo Valley), Kenya, Lesotho (seasonal), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, SE Sudan, Swaziland (extinct, reintroduced), Tanzania, Uganda, S Zaire, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (cd) as Tragelaphus oryx. | Comments: | Systematics modified from Ansell (1972:27). |
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