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
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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
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Eland. [photo Callie de Wet ©] |
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Eland, Free State, South Africa. [photo Gerhard Theron
©] |
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Eland herd, Free State, South Africa. [photo Gerhard Theron
©] |
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