Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Specy

Common beisa oryx

Mammals

The common beisa oryx, also called the beisa oryx, is the nominate subspecies of the East African oryx, native to the Horn of Africa and Kenya, and is closely related to the fringe-eared oryx. It is a compact, muscular antelope with a long body and broad neck, distinguished among oryx by fringed ears and black tufts of hair extending past the ears, with little difference between males and females. It feeds on a variety of grasses during the day, when plants hold the most water, and turns to the poisonous Adenium plant during the dry season. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Oryx beisa beisa 2
Conservation Status
Endangered 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Bovidae, Taxa
Source Common beisa oryx (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Common beisa oryx (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    During the dry season, they feed on poisonous Adenium plants.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = EN
View the Source
2. Common beisa oryx (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q20908649 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Bovidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.