East African oryx Oryx beisa Endangered
Where the East African oryx lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 348 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats on the world map
| Scientific name | Oryx beisa |
|---|---|
| Group | Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats |
| Status | Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 3 countries |
| Continents | Africa |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Bovidae |
Where does the East African oryx live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the East African oryx in 3 countries and territories across Africa.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the East African oryx endangered?
The East African oryx’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the East African oryx?
The East African oryx (Oryx beisa) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Oryx. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the East African oryx
The East African oryx (Oryx beisa), also known as the beisa, 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 Somalia and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) south of the Tana River in southern Kenya Somalia and parts of Tanzania. The species is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.
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.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article East African oryx (revision 1372178226), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q792143 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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