Common Eland

Taurotragus oryx · Mammal

The eland is a huge antelope, bulls up to 1,000 kg with corkscrew horns, living in savanna, woodland, scrub and open or mountain grassland from Ethiopia to South Africa, up to about 4,600 m, but never in dense forest. It feeds in the morning and evening and rests in the shade at midday, in herds of up to 25. It gives a lot of tender meat and fine hides, and is farmed and even milked in southern Africa and Russia: a cow can give 7 kg of milk a day, far richer than cow's milk.

Danger

Dangerous if cornered

How it is met

In herds, at dawn and dusk

Size

Large

In winter

Active in winter

Where it lives

Tropical Dry Forest, Savanna, Grassland

Gives

Eland Meat, Eland Hide, Eland Milk

Sources

• Bridget Fahey, Taurotragus oryx (eland). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 1999.
• Common eland. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
• Éland du Cap. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.

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