Least ConcernGemsbok
Oryx gazella
10 countries12 parks
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 4 species of oryx, in the family Bovidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 4.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
3 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 44 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It can tolerate internal body temperatures of up to 45 °C without brain damage.
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It can outrun a horse or a pack of hunting dogs.
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It gets most of its water from plants such as the tsamma melon.
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It was declared extinct in the wild in 1972 and later successfully reintroduced through captive breeding, one of the first large mammals pulled back from complete extinction.
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It is the first species the IUCN moved back from Extinct in the Wild to Vulnerable: it died out in the wild in 1972 and returned to the desert in 1982 thanks to captive breeding.
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Seen from the side, with its two horns overlapping, it appears to have only one, and some hold that this gave rise to part of the unicorn legend.
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It has a unique brain-cooling system that lets it tolerate body temperatures of up to 47°C.
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Its mask-like face pattern is unique among African antelopes.
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