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Genus TAUROTRAGUS. 

 Both sexes horned. A large dewlap present. The 

 largest Antelopes in Africa. Tail ox-like and tufted. 



Taurotragus oryx. Eland. Eland. 



'Mpofu (Barotsi and Ngami) ; Mofo (Mashona) ; Pofo 



(Bechuana) ; Muzefio (Mashukulumbwi). 



Colour tawny or drabbish brown ; on the forehead 

 there is a bunch of upstanding hairs. The neck is 



Fig. 130.— Unstriped Eland Bull. 



thick. There is a dark line along the back, and ten or 

 twelve transverse white stripes on the sides of the body. 

 The female has lighter horns, is smaller than the male, 

 and is without the brush on the face, and has not such 



