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Oryx beisa ssp. callotis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA CETARTIODACTYLA BOVIDAE

Scientific Name: Oryx beisa ssp. callotis
Species Authority: Thomas, 1892
Common Name/s:
English – Fringe-eared Oryx
Synonym/s:
Oryx gazella subspecies callotis Thomas, 1892

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable C1 ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group
Reviewer/s: Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment)
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Justification:
Estimated numbers were 17,000, with ca. 60% in protected areas. The population is therefore <10,000 mature individuals and the continuing decline is expected to exceed 10% over 3 generations (21-24 years). Current trends will eventually result in the Fringe-Eared Oryx becoming confined to areas such as Tarangire and Mkomazi in Tanzania and parts of south-eastern Kenya, where pressures of poaching and encroachment by settlement and livestock are controlled sufficiently to enable viable oryx populations to persist.

Geographic Range [top]

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Population [top]

Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group 2008. Oryx beisa ssp. callotis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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