Tragelaphus oryx (Pallas, 1766) . Misc. Zool., p. 9.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope .

DISTRIBUTION: Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, and Nigeria to Sudan; Angola to S. Africa; thence north through Botswana, S. Zaire, Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania to S.E. Sudan and S.W. Ethiopia; west to Senegal.

COMMENT: Includes derbianus; see Van Gelder, 1977, Lammergeyer, 23:1-6. PG believes derbianus is a valid species. Formerly included in Taurotragus; see Ansell, 1978:53; but also see Swanepoel et al., 1980:187.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as Taurotragus derbianus derbianus subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419009006002001 as Taurotragus oryx .

5301419009006001001 as Taurotragus derbianus .