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Gemsbok
Male, Etosha Naitional Pairk, Namibie
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Faimily: Bovidae
Subfaimily: Hippotraginae
Genus: Oryx
Species: O. gazella
Binomial name
Oryx gazella
Gemsbok's naitural range.[2]
Synonyms

Capra gazella Linnaeus, 1758

The gemsbok or gemsbuck (Oryx gazella) is a muckle antelope in the Oryx genus. It is hamelt in the arid regions o Soothren Africae, sic as the Kalahari Desert. Some authorities umwhile includit the East African oryx as a subspecies. The current gemsbok population in Sooth Africae is estimatit at 373,000 specimens.[3]

References

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  1. IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Oryx gazella". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2008. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 13 November 2008. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as Least concern.
  2. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008. Oryx gazella. In: IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 27 Juin 2014. Retrieved 27 Juin 2014. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Dounlaidit on 14 Julie 2015.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 21 Julie 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)