Editing Common eland (section)

===Diet=== 
[[File:Elands Thoiry 19802.jpg|thumb|right|Elands are mainly grazers.]]
Common elands are [[herbivore]]s that [[Browsing (herbivory)|browse]] during drier winter, but have also adapted to [[grazing]] during the rainy season when grasses are more common and nutritious.<ref name = Pappas/> They require a high-[[protein]] diet of [[succulent plant|succulent]] leaves from [[flowering plant]]s, but will consume lower-quality plant material if available, including [[forb]]s, trees, shrubs, grasses, seeds, and tubers.<ref name = Pappas/><ref name = "adw"/><ref name="thinkquest1">{{cite web | url = http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/wildlife/common_eland.shtml | title = The Living Africa: Wildlife – Bovid Family – Common Eland | publisher = Library.thinkquest.org | access-date = 2012-04-09 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120217221335/http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/wildlife/common_eland.shtml | archive-date = 2012-02-17 }}</ref> Grasses that elands eat include ''[[Setaria]]'' and ''[[Themeda]]'' and fruits from ''[[Securinega]]'' and ''[[Strychnos]]''. Large antelope can survive on lower-quality food in times of little rain. <!-- repeat Elands feed during the night in hot weather and sleep for long periods during the day. -->

Most of their water is obtained from their food, though they drink water when available.<ref name = Pappas/> As they quickly adjust to the surroundings due to seasonal changes and other causes, they change their feeding habits. They also use their horns to break off branches that are hard to reach.<ref name=rafferty>{{cite book|editor-last=Rafferty|editor-first=John P.|title=Grazers|year=2010|publisher=Britannica Educational Pub.|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1-61530-465-3|pages = [https://books.google.com/books?id=m-zX8zBKogAC&pg=PA77 77–8] | edition = 1st |chapter=Elands, Antelopes}}</ref>