THE ELAND 



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usually spirally twisted. There is a small gland below the eye^ the muzzle is naked, 

 the tail long, and the upper molar teeth generally have short crowns. 



Eland are the largest of all antelopes, and differ from the other members of the 

 group in having horns in both sexes; these being spirally twisted on their own axis 

 and directed upward and outward. The horns have a sharp ridge both in front 





THE ELAND. 

 (One-twentieth natural size.) 



and behind, and are directed upward and outward in the plane of the face. The 

 naked muzzle is broad, the gland below the eye small, and the tufted tail reaches 

 below the hocks. Both sexes have a large dewlap, and the crowns of the upper 

 molar teeth are low and broad. The common eland (Orias canna), which formerly 

 ranged over the greater part of South, East, and Central Africa, is characterized by 



