Gemsbok
Oryx gazella
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Oryx gazella
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Africa
- Habitat
- Desert, Savanna
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- A network of fine blood vessels cools the blood flowing to its brain, helping it endure desert heat.
- Both sexes carry long, straight horns, and the female's are usually longer and thinner.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q207043 · All animals · All entries