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Tragelaphus oryx (Eland)

eland [Afrikaans]; Elanantilope [German]; élan du Cap [French]; pofu [Swahili]; impofu, ipofu [isiNdebele]; impofu [isiXhosa] [isiZulu]; phofu, phokhu [Sepedi]; phôhu, phôfu [Sesotho] [Setswana]; mhofu [Shona] [Xitsonga]; impophi, impofu, imphofu [siSwati]; phofu [Tshivcnda]; pofu [Lozi]; unshefu [Yei]; !Khanni [Nama] [Damara]

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 oryx (Eland)

Eland. [photo Callie de Wet ©]

Tragelaphus oryx (Eland)

Eland, Free State, South Africa. [photo Gerhard Theron ©]

Tragelaphus oryx (Eland)

Eland herd, Free State, South Africa. [photo Gerhard Theron ©]