The Elan
The Elan
(Taurotragus oryx)
- Class: mammalia
- Order: artiodactyls
- Family: bovidae
- Status: not threatened
- Life span : 10 years.
- Characteristics: this is the largest antelope in Planète Sauvage. They live in the African savannah woodlands and weigh between 300 and 600 kg. Both males and females have straight spiral horns.
- Gestation period: 9 months.
- Meal: they feed on leaves and tender shoots.
- Anecdote: occasionally, the cap eland has been successfully domesticated.
