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Tragelaphus angasii (Nyala)

njala [Afrikaans]; Tieflandnyala [German]; nyala [French]; inyala [isiNdebele]; [isiXhosa]; inyala inxala [isiZulu]; nyala [Sepedi] [Tshivenda]; tsama [Setswana]; nyara [Shona]; litagayezi, inyala [siSwati]; imbala-intendi, nyale [Xitsonga]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Bovinae

Tragelaphus angasii (Nyala)

Nyala male at a waterhole at Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa. [photo Peet van Schalkwyk ©, see also scienceanimations.com]

Tragelaphus angasii (Nyala)

Nyala female feeding her young, Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa. [photo Peet van Schalkwyk ©, see also scienceanimations.com]

Tragelaphus angasii (Nyala)

Nyala male with two females, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Dave Scott ©]