Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 696

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scientific name	Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)
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[Antilope] oryx Pallas 1766 , Misc. Zool.: 9.

Type Locality: Known to the Dutch "ad Promontorium B. Spei", restricted to South Africa, Western Cape Prov., near Cape Town by Shortridge (1934:607).

Vernacular Names: Common Eland.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Taurotragus oryx subsp. oryx Pallas 1766

Subspecies Taurotragus oryx subsp. livingstonei P. L. Sclater 1864

Subspecies Taurotragus oryx subsp. pattersonianus Lydekker 1906

Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Burundi (extinct), S Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia (seasonal in Omo Valley), Kenya, Lesotho (seasonal), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, SE Sudan, Swaziland (extinct, reintroduced), Tanzania, Uganda, S Zaire, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (cd) as Tragelaphus oryx .

Discussion: Systematics modified from Ansell (1972:27).