Oryx dammah (Cretzschmar, 1826) . Ruppell Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., p. 22.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, Haraza, "probably Kordofan."

DISTRIBUTION: Mauritania to Ethiopia; formerly Egypt to Tunisia.

COMMENT: Includes tao; see Ansell, 1972, Part 15:48. The name algazel Oken, 1816, has been declared invalid in Opinion 417 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as O. (tao) darnmah.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419009017001001.