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Gemsbok

Oryx gazella

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 15, February 21, March 29, April 25, May 35, June 19, July 20, August 57, September 33, October 43, November 18, December 19.
United States395
South Africa334
New Mexico321
Texas172
Nothern Cape146
Western Cape89
Eastern Cape40
Limpopo30
Mpumalanga9
Gauteng7

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyBovids · Bovidae
GenusOryxes · Oryx

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