- either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- a large spiral-horned antelope, Taurotragus oryx, inhabiting bushland in eastern and southern Africa. It has a dewlap and a hump on the shoulders and is light brown with vertical white stripes
- a similar but larger animal, T. derbianus, living in wooded areas of central and W Africa
