Definition of Taurotragus derbianus

1. Noun. Large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa.

Exact synonyms: Giant Eland
Group relationships: Genus Taurotragus, Taurotragus
Generic synonyms: Eland

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taurotragus Derbianus

Tatiana
Tatler
Tatra
Tattersall
Tattersalls
Tatum
Tatzelwurm
Tatzelwurms
Tau protein
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Taunton
Taurean
Taureans
Taurotragus
Taurotragus derbianus (current term)
Taurotragus oryx
Taurus
Taurus the Bull
Tauruses
Taussig
Taussig-Bing disease
Taussig-Bing syndrome
Tausug
Tautoga
Tautoga onitis
Tautogolabrus
Tautogolabrus adspersus
Tavastian
Tavastians

Literary usage of Taurotragus derbianus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"Although so widely isolated geographically from the Senegal eland, Taurotragus derbianus, the degree of difference in coloration or other characters of the ..."

2. The Man-eaters of Tsavo: And Other East African Adventures by John Henry Patterson (1908)
"... which indicate a transition from the ordinary South African animal in the direction of the giant eland (Taurotragus derbianus) of the 1 In error for ..."

3. Big Game Shooting by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1905)
"A very little known race of eland, carrying much larger horns than the common species, is known as the Senegambian eland (Taurotragus derbianus}. ..."

4. The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"Skin and skulls of Taurotragus derbianus, and a few other West African Mammals. Presented. Reeves (JOHN RUSSELL). [1831] A number of Mammals from India and ..."

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