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title: "Beisa"
description: "Oryx beisa — Zoogdieren. The East African oryx (Oryx beisa), also known as the beisa, is a species of medium-sized antelope from East Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/east-african-oryx
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Beisa

> Oryx beisa — Zoogdieren. The East African oryx (Oryx beisa), also known as the beisa, is a species of medium-sized antelope from East Africa.

- Scientific name: *Oryx beisa*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `savanna` (Savanne), `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 1003
- Wikidata: [Q792143](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q792143)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69991](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69991)

## Names

- en: East African Oryx
- de: Ostafrikanischer Spießbock
- es: Óryx beisa
- fr: Oryx Beisa
- nl: Beisa
- pl: Oryks pręgoboki

## Countries with the most observations

KE (772), ET (117), TZ (35)

## Summary

The East African oryx (Oryx beisa), also known as the beisa, is a species of medium-sized antelope from East Africa. It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa) found in steppe and semidesert throughout the Horn of Africa Somalia and north of the Tana River, and the fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) south of the Tana River in southern Kenya Somalia and parts of Tanzania. The species is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.
In the past, some taxonomists considered it a subspecies of the gemsbok (Oryx gazella), but they are genetically distinct; the diploid chromosome count is 56 for the beisa…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_oryx

## Photo

![Beisa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/east-african-oryx/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68204937

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/east-african-oryx?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).