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Taurotragus, also called Eland, is a genus of antelopes of the African savannah, containing two species: the Common Eland and the Giant Eland. The elands are the largest African antelopes.
Males range in size from 600kg - 800kg (1300 - 1760 lb), and may even reach a ton on rare occasions; females range from 400kg - 600kg (880 - 1300 lb).
The meat of the eland contains more protein than cattle meat and less fat, and eland milk has a very high calcium level. For this reason, eland have undergone selection for meat quality and milk quantity in the Askaniya-Nova Zoological Park in the Ukraine. However, domestication of the animal to take advantage of their nutritional value has thus far been unsuccessful.1
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