ELAND (= elk)

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ELAND (= elk) , the Dutch name for the largest of the

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

African

AFRICAN

antelopes (Taurotragus oryx), a species near akin to the kudu, but with horns present in both sexes, and their spiral much closer, being in fact screw-like instead of corkscrew-like. There is also a large dewlap, while old bulls have a thick forelock. In the typical southern form the

body

BODY

-colour is wholly

pale

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
pag- of pangere, to fix; "
pole
" is from the same original source)

fawn, but north of the Orange river the

body

BODY

is marked by narrow

vertical

VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

white

lines, this race being known as T. oryx livingstonei. In Senegambia the genus is represented by T. derbianus, a much larger animal, with a dark neck; while in the Bahr-el-Ghazal

district

DISTRICT

there is a gigantic local race of this species (T. derbianus giganteus). (R. L.*)

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