#0323 · 🦊 mammals

Gemsbok

Oryx gazella

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The gemsbok or gemsbuck ( Oryx gazella ) is a large antelope in the Oryx genus. It is native to the arid regions of Southern Africa, such as the Kalahari Desert. Some authorities formerly included the East African oryx as a subspecies.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,303iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,303 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).