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Gemsbok

Oryx gazella

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patty
Glad to hear that, thank you Vanessa. =)
VanessaVermaak
Thanks Sashin. Patty this species is not endangered as far as I know. According to Wikipedia there are almost 400 000 in S Africa. They like the semi arid to arid regions.
patty
Nice to see oryxs around; for what I know the arabian one was an endangered animal, I don´t know about these nor it´s situation now... Nice picture
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PublishedMarch 6, 2012

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