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Habitat
Arid scrub and grassland, savanna woodland. Independent of water.
Feeds at night when vegetation contains more water. Rather than sweating to stay
cool, allows body temperature to rise during the day, then unloads excess heat at
night. Herd members groom each other. Bulls horn the soil and bushes, and rub the
tuft of hair on the forehead in soil where they or an oestrous female have just
urinated, caking it with mud. Eland are slow runners, and trot rather than
galloping. When threatened by predators, herds bunch with calves in the middle and
counterattack with hooves and horns.
Will eat dry fallen leave and also takes fruit and berries.
Single calves are born in November after a gestation period of 271 to 279 days. The
females are infertile after 15 years. Bulls can weigh 650 Kg and the cows 460 Kg.
They have a lifespan of about 18 years.
Arid scrub and grassland, savanna woodland. Independent of water.
Feeds at night when vegetation contains more water. Rather than sweating to stay
cool, allows body temperature to rise during the day, then unloads excess heat at
night. Herd members groom each other. Bulls horn the soil and bushes, and rub the
tuft of hair on the forehead in soil where they or an oestrous female have just
urinated, caking it with mud. Eland are slow runners, and trot rather than
galloping. When threatened by predators, herds bunch with calves in the middle and
counterattack with hooves and horns.
Will eat dry fallen leave and also takes fruit and berries.
Single calves are born in November after a gestation period of 271 to 279 days. The
females are infertile after 15 years. Bulls can weigh 650 Kg and the cows 460 Kg.
They have a lifespan of about 18 years.
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