Editing Common eland (section)

==Etymology==
The scientific name of the common eland is ''Taurotragus oryx'', composed of three words: ''tauros'', ''tragos'', and ''oryx''. ''Tauros'' is [[Greek language|Greek]] for a bull or bullock, meaning the same as the [[Latin]] ''taurus''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Taurus|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taurus|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|publisher=Merriam-Webster}}</ref> ''Tragos'' is Greek for a male goat, referring to the tuft of hair that grows in the eland's ear and its resemblance to a goat's beard.<ref>{{cite web|last=Harper|first=Douglas|title=Tragos|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=tragos&searchmode=none|publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref> ''Oryx'' is Latin and Greek ([[Genitive case|genitive]]: ''orygos'') for [[pickaxe]], referring to the pointed horns of North African antelopes like the common eland and [[scimitar-horned oryx]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Harper|first=Douglas|title=Oryx|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Taurotragus+oryx&searchmode=none|publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref>

The name "eland" is [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] for "elk" or "moose",<ref name=TT>{{cite web|url=http://www.tititudorancea.com/z/common_eland.htm |title=Common Eland |publisher=Tititudorancea.com |date=14 October 2010 |access-date=5 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717063215/http://www.tititudorancea.com/z/common_eland.htm |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> from Dutch ''eland'', from obsolete German ''Elend'', probably from obsolete Lithuanian ''ellenis''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eland|url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/eland?q=eland|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714001837/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/eland?q=eland|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|work=[[Oxford University Press]]|publisher=Oxford Dictionaries}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eland|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eland|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|publisher=Merriam-Webster}}</ref> When [[Dutch people|Dutch]] settlers came to the [[Cape of Good Hope]], creating the [[Dutch Cape Colony]], they named the animal after the large, herbivorous [[moose]]. In Dutch, the animal is called "eland antelope" to distinguish it from the moose, which is found in the northern boreal forests.<ref name=TT/>