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Definitions of nyala in various dictionaries:
noun - city in Sudan
noun - spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
noun - a ruminant mammal
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Any of several African antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus, having vertical stripes on the sides of the body, including especially T. angasi of southeast Africa, the male of which has spiral horns and long black hair along the neck and the underside. |
A southern African antelope, which has a conspicuous crest on the neck and back and lyre-shaped horns. |
spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck |
city in Sudan |
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Nyala, Matabeleland South, ZIMBABWE |
Nyala, NEVADA, UNITED STATES |
Nyala, Southern, ZAMBIA |
Nyala, Pemba North, TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF |
Nyala, (Region code: 49), SUDAN |
Nyala description |
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The lowland nyala or simply nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), is a spiral-horned antelope native to southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus Nyala, also considered to be in the genus Tragelaphus. It was first described in 1849 by George French Angas. The body length is 135195 cm (5377 in), and it weighs 55140 kg (121309 lb). The coat is rusty or rufous brown in females and juveniles, but grows a dark brown or slate grey, often tinged with blue, in adult males. Females and young males have ten or more white stripes on their sides. Only males have horns, 6083 cm (2433 in) long and yellow-tipped. It exhibits the highest sexual dimorphism among the spiral-horned antelopes. * The nyala is mainly active in the early morning and the late afternoon. It generally browses during the day if temperatures are 2030 °C (6886 °F) and during the night in the rainy season. As a herbivore, the nyala feeds upon foliage, fruits and grasses, with sufficient fresh water. A shy animal, it pre |