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Tragelaphus
Tragelaphus is a genus of medium-to-large-sized spiral-horned antelopes. It contains several species of bovines, all of which are relatively antelope-like. Species in this genus tend to be large in size and lightly built, and have long necks and considerable sexual dimorphism. Elands, including the common eland (Taurotragus oryx), are embedded within this genus, meaning that Taurotragus must be subsumed into Tragelaphus to avoid paraphyly. Alternatively, Taurotragus could be maintained as a separate genus, if the nyala...
5 branches of this group, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Southern Bushbuck
speciesTragelaphus sylvaticus

Northern Bushbuck
speciesTragelaphus scriptus

Sitatunga
speciesTragelaphus spekii

Bongo
speciesTragelaphus eurycerus

Mountain Nyala
speciesTragelaphus buxtoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.542

Ten Books of Exotic Things
Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.557

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.347

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.134

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.331
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1431371.