Oryx beisa Rüppell 1835

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 718

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scientific name	Oryx beisa Rüppell 1835
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Oryx beisa Rüppell 1835 , Neue Wirbelthiere z. d. Fauna Abyssinien gehorig, Saugeth.: 14.

Type Locality: Eritrea, "in den Niederungen der Küstenlandschaft bei Massaua" (Red Sea coast west of Massawa).

Vernacular Names: Beisa.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Oryx beisa subsp. beisa Rüppell 1835

Subspecies Oryx beisa subsp. callotis Thomas 1892

Distribution: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, NE and SE Sudan, NE Uganda (extinct?), and NE Tanzania.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (cd) as O. gazella beisa .

Discussion: Included in gazella by Ansell (1972:49), whose subspecific synonymy is otherwise followed here. Restored to species status by East et al. (1999), Grubb (2000 b), and Kingdon (1997).