Beisa
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see oryx.
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Oryx - name for several small, horselike antelopes, genus Oryx, found in deserts and arid scrublands of Africa and Arabia.
Beisa oryx, East African oryx
Taxonomy Oryx beisa [Rüppell, 1835]. Citation: Neue Wirbelthiere zu d. Fauna v. Abyssinien gehörig, Säugethiere., p. 14 Type locality: Red Sea coast west of Massawa, Eritrea.
Distribution is Ethiopia, Kenya (north of the Tana river), possibly Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. The Tana river marks the physical boundary between the Beisa and Fringed Eared Oryx.
beisa oryx (Oryx gazella beisa): A large, long-horned antelope with black stripes on its flanks and face.
vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum): A bare-headed gamebird with dazzling black, blue, and white plumes.
Gemsbok, Beisa oryx, Fringe-eared oryx = Lower Risk, conservation dependent (LR/cd);
Scimitar-horned oryx = Endangered (EN);
Arabian oryx = Critically endangered (CR).
3, the East African beisa or true oryx (0. beisa), and the white Arabian (0. beatrix) the horns are straight, but in the North African white oryx or algazel (0. leucoryx or 0. algazal) they are scimitar-shaped; ...
Kenya's Tana River divides the range of East Africa's two types of oryx the beisa oryx (Oryx g. beisa) and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx g. callotis). The fringe-eared oryx ranges from Kenya to central Tanzania.
Subspecies
Five subspecies including O.g. gazella in South West Africa, O.g. beisa (Beisa Oryx) in the Horn of Africa, and O.g. callotis (Fringe-eared oryx) in Kenya and Tanzania.
Life span
Up to 18 years (22 in captivity).
The Beisa Oryx and the Fringe-Ear Oryx of East Africa have shorter horns than the gemsbok and lack the black flank stripes; otherwise the animals look much the same. The White Oryx inhabits the deserts of North Africa.
East African Oryx (O. beisa) Â- Scimitar Oryx (O. dammah) Â- Gemsbok (O. gazella) Â- Arabian Oryx (O. leucoryx)
Addax
Addax (A. nasomaculatus) ...
Kalahari Gemsbok - the most common and widely hunted with the better trophies coming from Namibia, Botswana and South Africa
Angolan Gemsbok
Fringe-eared Oryx found in Tanzania and Kenya being smaller bodied with shorter horns
Beisa Oryx - found in ...
 See also: Oryx, Antelope, Gemsbok, Gazelle, Sable
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