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--> GENUS Oryx
SPECIES Oryx beisa
| Author: | Rüppell, 1835. | | Citation: | Neue Wirbelthiere z. d. Fauna Abyssinien gehörig, Säugeth.: p. 14, pl. 5. | | Common Name: | Beisa | | Type Locality: | Eritrea, "in den Niederungen der Küstenlandschaft bei Massaua" (Red Sea coast west of Massawa). | | Distribution: | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, NE and SE Sudan, NE Uganda (extinct?), and NE Tanzania. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (cd) as O. gazella beisa. | | Comments: | Included in gazella by Ansell (1972:49), whose subspecific synonymy is otherwise followed here. Restored to species status by East et al. (1999), Grubb (2000b), and Kingdon (1997). |
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