East African oryx

species o mammal

The East African oryx (Oryx beisa), kent as the beisa[4] an aw, is a species o antelope frae East Africae. It haes twa subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa) foond in steppe an semidesert ootthrou the Horn o Africae an north o the Tana River, an the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) sooth o the Tana River in soothren Kenyae an pairts o Tanzanie.

East African oryx
Beisa (Oryx beisa beisa)
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Cless:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Faimily:Bovidae
Subfaimily:Hippotraginae
Genus:Oryx
Species:O. beisa
Binomial name
Oryx beisa
Rüppell, 1835
Subspecies

O. b. beisa
O. b. callotis

East African oryx range.[2]
Enlarged distribution map.[2][3]

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