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gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
Subject: gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
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Antilope gazella - 1818-1842 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ21400003.jpg
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gemsbok (Oryx gazella)


Artist Jacques Christophe Werner (1798–1856)  
Creator:C. de Lasteyrie
Description
Antilope gazella
Date 1818-1842
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, Histoire naturelle des mammifères, pl. 13
Old Latin name Antilope gazella
New Latin name Oryx gazella
Common name Nederlands: Gemsbok
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antilope_gazella_-_1818-1842_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ21400003.tif

The gemsbok or gemsbuck (Oryx gazella) is a large antelope in the Oryx genus. It is native to the arid regions of Southern Africa, such as the Kalahari Desert. The name "gemsbok" in English is derived from Afrikaans gemsbok.

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