genus Taurotragus

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Noun1.genus Taurotragus - African antelopes: elandsgenus Taurotragus - African antelopes: elands    
Taurotragus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
eland - either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
common eland, Taurotragus oryx - dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa
giant eland, Taurotragus derbianus - large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa
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As hunters, we add the common and giant eland for a total of nine; the much larger elands are of genus Taurotragus. The bongo, species T.
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