Taurotragus Wagner 1855 (eland)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Parent taxon: Tragelaphini according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 1999

See also Frick 1937 and Grubb 2001

Sister taxa: Pheraios, Tragelaphus

Subtaxa: Taurotragus derbianus Taurotragus oryx

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Kenya (11), Libya (1), Morocco (3), South Africa (33), Swaziland (2), Tanzania (7), Zambia (4)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (3)

• Pliocene of South Africa (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)

Total: 71 collections including 72 occurrences

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