Common Eland
Our animals:
Family:
Bovidae
Order:
Artiodactyla
Class:
mammals
Length:
250-340 cm / 200-280 cm
Weight:
400-950 kg / 390-595 kg
Nutrition: leafage and sprout of woody plants, grasses
Reproduction: after a 9 month-long gestation 1 calf
Did you know? It is the biggest African antelope species. The shoulder height of adult bulls is 170-190 cms, its weight is around 600-1000kgs. Both bulls and cows wear a V-shaped horn, the lower 2/3 part of it is twisted along a spiral line. They usually live in groups of 20-60.
Watch it! White vertical light stripes can be found on both sides of their body. As such kind of stripes can be found among animals living in forests, probably the eland antelope used to live in forested areas previously.
Habitat: Arid, woodland savannahs, lowlands or slightly hilly areas
Spread: East, South and Central Africa
