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Common Eland

Taurotragus oryx

Description:

I spotted this in the Mount Kenya Animal Orphanage.

Habitat:

Grasslands.

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6 Comments

WildAdventress
WildAdventress 10 years ago

I agree with forestdragon this is just a young eland a lot of eland have stripes and this ones horns will start to spiral as it grows a bit older.

the one in this photo has white stripes and its horns have only just started spiraling

http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/common-ela...

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 11 years ago

Elands are spiral-horned antelopes, so I would suggest this antelope is a hybrid. Antelope hybrids are often found in game parks and in wildlife ranches. This happens because inappropriate mates share enclosures with a different species or a misidentified species. Most hybrids seem to occur between species within the same genus. but there are examples of such hybrids in the same subfamily.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

This looks like a young Eland to me (Taurotragus oryx). http://www.wildlifesafari.info/eland.htm...
They do sometimes have stripes.

AliceGreenup
AliceGreenup 11 years ago

Very interesting indeed, the white stripes would suggest it has some nyala or bongo in it, but mixed with what i am not too sure.

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

This is an interesting antelope, Ishtan, and seems to be a hybrid. Could you please share some information about where you saw it, what kind of ungulate it is and add it to the Captive Animals mission, please?

Ishan Mehta
Spotted by
Ishan Mehta

Meru, Central, Kenya

Spotted on Aug 1, 2007
Submitted on Sep 1, 2012

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