The East African oryx, Oryx beisa, also known as the beisa, is a species of medium-sized antelope from East Africa. It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx, found in steppe and semidesert throughout the Horn of Africa, Somalia and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx, found south of the Tana River in southern Kenya, Somalia and parts of Tanzania. The species is listed as Endangered by the IUCN. In the past some taxonomists considered it a subspecies of the gemsbok, but the two are genetically distinct, the diploid chromosome count being 56 for the beisa and 58 for the gemsbok.
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It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa) found in steppe and semidesert throughout the Horn of Africa Somalia and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) south of the Tana River in southern Kenya Somalia and parts of Tanzania.
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It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa) found in steppe and semidesert throughout the Horn of Africa Somalia and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) south of the Tana River in southern Kenya Somalia and parts of Tanzania.
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It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa) found in steppe and semidesert throughout the Horn of Africa Somalia and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) south of the Tana River in southern Kenya Somalia and parts of Tanzania.
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The species is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.
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The East African oryx (Oryx beisa), also known as the beisa, is a species of medium-sized antelope from East Africa.
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It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa) found in steppe and semidesert throughout the Horn of Africa Somalia and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) south of the Tana River in southern Kenya Somalia and parts of Tanzania.
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The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
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Bovidae is the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and goat-antelopes such as sheep and goats.
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