110 Male Gemsbok in the Kalahari Desert of Namibia Photo by Giles Laurent🐃

Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0

SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Gemsbok

Oryx gazella (Linnaeus, 1758)

南非劍羚,或稱南非長角羚(學名:Oryx gazella),是一種原產於非洲南部的偶蹄目,是長角羚屬(Oryx)現存的四個成員之一。分布於南非、納米比亞及博茨瓦納。

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ half your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Gemsbok

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
38 kg
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  • 170 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
1.43 m
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Brain mass
295 g
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Maximum lifespan
24 years
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  • 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
7.85 years
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Age at maturity
2.3 years
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Gestation
168 days
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  • 270 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Population density
0.67 per km²
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Volume l
38 Laverage
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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.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusOryx
  7. ›speciesOryx gazella
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. subfamilyHippotraginae
  4. genusOryx
All 16 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyHippotraginae
  16. genusOryx
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Closest relative on this site
🐃 Addax — last shared an ancestor ≈ 2.5 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Spießbock (de), Oryx gazelle (fr), oryks południowy (pl), ראם הצבי (he), 겜스복 (ko), Oryx gazella (es) … and 24 more languages

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