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The gemsbok (Oryx gazella), or South African oryx, is a large antelope in the genus Oryx. It is endemic to the dry and barren regions of Botswana , Namibia , South Africa and (parts of) Zimbabwe , mainly inhabiting the Kalahari and Namib Deserts , areas in which it is supremely adapted for survival.
The term "oryx" comes from the Greek word ὄρυξ, óryx, for a type of antelope. The Greek plural form is óryges, although "oryxes" has been established in English. Herodotus mentions a type of gazelle in Libya called ὄρυς, orus, probably related to the verb ὀρύσσω, orussō, or ὀρύττω, oruttō, [4] meaning "to dig". White ...
Other species occur in Asia: the Arabian Peninsula is home to the Arabian oryx and Dorcas gazelle. South Asia is home to the nilgai, chinkara, blackbuck, Tibetan antelope, and four-horned antelope, while Russia and Central Asia have the Tibetan antelope and saiga. Blue duiker (Philantomba monticola) skeleton on display at the Museum of Osteology
O. gazella may refer to: Onthophagus gazella, the gazella scarab, a beetle species; Oryx gazella, the gemsbok or gemsbuck, a large African antelope species; See also
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.
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One species, the scimitar oryx, was once extinct in the wild, though populations are now recovering. The bluebuck went extinct in the last 200 years, and the aurochs went extinct 400 years ago. A third extinct species, the red gazelle , potentially never existed, [ 2 ] and the kouprey is potentially extinct, with no sightings since 1969.
No more changes have been made since then, though many papers published after 1956 created confusion by using names such as O. gazella tao. [3] Its scientific name, Oryx dammah, is derived from: Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (orux), meaning a gazelle or antelope (originally a pickaxe [4]); Latin damma (fallow deer or antelope); and Arabic dammar ...