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Gemsbok

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Hippotraginae
Species : Oryx gazella

The gemsbok or gemsbuck (Oryx gazella) exists mostly in the southern part of East Africa and have been introduced in Mexico and the southwestern United States. Its name is actually derived from the German word for a male chamois, although they are not related. The Gemsbocks are known for their capability to last a long time without water. They have a special mechanism to loose heat quickly: they raise their body temperature to 45 degrees Celsius. Oryx gazella is the largest of the Oryx family of antelopes and are hunted by lions, cheetahs, leopards, spotted hyenas and African hunting dogs. Their conservation status is 'Lower risk - conservation dependent'.

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Facts about the gemsbok

) The gemsbok is a subspecies of the Orux (O.

Gemsboks are browsers and get most of their needed water from the plants and shoots they eat.

Gemsboks are prized for their meat and their horns by many predators.

About Gemsboks The gemsbok is an African antelope with long, straight horns and distinctive markings in tan, black, and white. (Full text)

The faces of the gemsboks are like a painted mask, very nice and accurate drawings. (Full text)

Details The gemsbok is found scattered throughout Africa in seasonally dry areas. (Full text)

A large, intrusive non-native species, Oryx gazella, is seriously degrading native plants and soils within White Sands National Monument. (Full text)

The Gemsbok or gemsbuck Oryx gazella, is a large African Oryx antelope. (Full text)

Ranging on high sand dunes and mountains, gemsboks are considered grazers/browsers and therefore survive on only tough dry grasses, supplimented with foliage. (Full text)

Gemsbok The gemsbok (Oryx gazella) is a large powerful member of the antelope family inhabiting the plains of South Africa. (Full text)

1] General information __________________________________________________________________________ Gemsboks are the largest of the straight-horned African antelopes. (Full text)

DESCRIPTION: The Gemsbok is a very striking animal with dramatic features and long spear like horns. (Full text)

Heavily built, with a short, stocky neck and distinctive long, rapier-like horns, the gemsbok is unlike any other African antelope. (Full text)

Gemsboks are sociable animals, spending time on open plains. (Full text)

Oryx Oryx The Oryx Oryx gazella is dry country animal which is at home in desert environments. (Full text)

Superbly adapted to their desert environment, two oryxes, or gemsboks, are plodding through southern Africa’s Namib Desert. (Full text)

The gemsbok is mostly Gray or Tan on top and white beneath, with Black markings on the head sides, legs, and back. (Full text)

The Gemsbok is found all over Namibia and can tolerate arid areas which are uninhabitable to most other antelope. (Full text)

The Oryx gazella is a large African antelope that now lives in southern New Mexico. (Full text)

The African oryx, or gemsbok, (Oryx gazella) is a large African antelope that now lives in southern New Mexico. (Full text)

GEMSBOK The gemsbok (Oryx gazella) is a large powerful member of the antelope family inhabiting the plains of South Africa. (Full text)

The Gemsbok is a large antelope hailing from Africa originally. (Full text)

Oryx The oryx gazella is an antelope from the Kalahari region of Africa. (Full text)