Oryx gazella Linnaeus 1758 (gemsbok)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Alternative combination: Capra gazella

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Oryx according to O. Thomas 1911

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008 and Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: Oryx algazel, Oryx beisa, Oryx dammah, Oryx eleulmensis, Oryx leucoryx, Oryx sivalensis

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (2 collections), Israel (1), Kenya (2), Morocco (1), South Africa (2), Tanzania (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malawi (1)

• Pliocene of South Africa (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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