🐃Gemsbok
Der Spießbock (Oryx gazella) ist eine im südlichen Afrika beheimatete Groß-Antilope aus der Gattung der Oryxantilopen. Der lokal verbreitete Name der Art, neben Oryx, ist auf Deutsch und in anderen Sprachen Gemsbock (selten englisch auch Gemsbuck), in Afrikaans Gemsbok, sowie im deutschsprachigen Raum auch Gämsbock. Der Name leitet sich vom deutschen Gämse aufgrund der Gesichtszeichnung ab. Eine weitere offizielle deutsche Bezeichnung lautet Südafrikanischer Spießbock. Auf Otjiherero heißt das Tier Onduno, auf Setswana Kukama, auf Khoekhoegowab ǀGaebKlicklaut und auf Oshivambo Osino. Die Bezeichnung Passan ist nicht mehr gebräuchlich.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 38 kg
- Body length
- 1.43 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 24 years
Everything we know about the Gemsbok
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass38 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 170 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.43 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass295 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan24 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length7.85 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation168 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 270 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.67 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l38 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Gemsbok yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusOryx
- ›speciesOryx gazella
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyHippotraginae
- genusOryx
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyHippotraginae
- genusOryx
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