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SPECIES Oryx gazella

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 69.
Common Name:Gemsbok
Type Locality:"India"; understood to be South Africa (Thomas, 1911a:152).
Distribution:SW Angola (extinct?), Botswana, Namibia, N South Africa, and W Zimbabwe.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).
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