Taxon profile

genus

oryxes
Oryx de Blainville, 1816

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Mammalia - mammals » order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates » family Bovidae - cattle, antelopes, sheep and goats » tribus Hippotragini

Scientific synonyms

Praedamalis Dietrich, 1950 ^†

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Type taxon:	Antilope oryx Pallas, 1777

Included taxa

Number of records: 8

species Oryx beisa (Rüppell, 1835) - Beisa Oryx

species Oryx dammah (Cretzschmar, 1827) - Scimitar-horned Oryx

species Oryx gazella (Linnaeus, 1758) - South African Oryx

species Oryx leucoryx (Pallas, 1777) - Arabian Oryx

Fossil taxa

species Oryx deturi (Dietrich, 1950) ^†

species Oryx eleulmensis Arambnourg, 1979 ^†
Quaternary: Lower Pleistocene – Chibanian

species Oryx howelli (Vrba & Gatesy, 1994) ^†
Tertiary: Middle Pliocene

species Oryx sivalensis (Lydekker, 1878) ^†

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1033736]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Oryx Blainville, 1816]
Data retrieved on: 6 January 2020

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