East African oryx
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The East African oryx (Oryx beisa), also known as the beisa,[4] is a species of medium-sized antelope from East Africa. It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa) found in steppe and semidesert throughout the Horn of Africa and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) south of the Tana River in southern Kenya and parts of Tanzania. The species is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.
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East African oryx | |
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O. b. beisa (female) Awash National Park, Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Hippotraginae |
Genus: | Oryx |
Species: | O. beisa |
Binomial name | |
Oryx beisa (Rüppell, 1835) | |
Subspecies | |
East African oryx range.[2] | |
Enlarged distribution map.[2][3] |
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In the past, some taxonomists considered it a subspecies of the gemsbok (Oryx gazella), but they are genetically distinct; the diploid chromosome count is 56 for the beisa and 58 for the gemsbok.[citation needed]