Oryx leucoryx

(Pallas, 1777)

Arabian Oryx

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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego Zoo Safari Park (Wild Animal Park)Date taken:Jan 1, 1991

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1155

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Bovoidea
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Hippotragini
Genus : Oryx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1777. Spicilegia Zoologica. Fasciculus duodecimus. Christianus Fridericus Voss, Berlin, 71 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823359

Original name as described

Antilope leucoryx

Other common names

White Oryx

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Arabia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Israel · Oman · Saudi Arabia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006240

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Antilope leucoryx

(Pallas, 1777)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leucoryx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823359

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Boddaert (1785:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Gmelin (1788:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  4. Kerr (1792:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  5. Shaw (1801:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  6. Turton (1802:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  7. Treviranus (1803:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  8. Fischer (1814:xvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  9. Cuvier (1816:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19539445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62871)
  10. Muirhead (1819:460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  11. Schinz (1821:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  12. Desmarest (1822:474, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  13. Smith (1827:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)
  14. Lesson (1827:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  15. Ehrenberg (1829:pl. 3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48509204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68842)
  16. Fischer (1829:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  17. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. i p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48509146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68843)
  18. Gervais (1840:265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  19. Laurillard (1841:618, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  20. Lesson (1842:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  21. Crisp (1862:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)

Antilope Leucorix

(Link, 1795)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leucorix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · nomen_nudum

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272975

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

  1. Link (1795:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  2. Anonymous (1825:1018, https://books.google.com/books?id=UGIsAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68862)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cemas Oryx

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

oryx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Authority page

734

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375481

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Oryx Leucoryx

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leucoryx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729869

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1843:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  2. Gray (1846:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20141)
  3. Gray (1850:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  4. Gray (1851:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69321)
  5. Gray (1852:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  6. Blyth (1863:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  7. Murray (1866:333, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  8. Jerdon (1867:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  9. Gray (1872:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  10. Sclater (1872:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  11. Rochebrune (1883:172, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  12. Thomas (1903:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66458)
  13. Trouessart (1905:729, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  14. Lydekker (1908:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  15. Ward (1910:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  16. Pocock (1911:908, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67432)
  17. Lydekker & Blaine (1914:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9386881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39877)
  18. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  19. Corbet & Hill (1980:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  20. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  21. Corbet & Hill (1991:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  22. Grubb (1993:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  23. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  24. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  25. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  26. Groves & Grubb (2011:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  27. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  28. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  29. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  30. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15569/50191626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Antilope ensicornis var. asiatica

(J. A. Wagner, 1855)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

asiaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

437

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544544

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Oryx beatrix

J. E. Gray, 1857

Family

Bovidae

Root name

beatrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1857.6.26.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/434dd695-c2a2-4304-ae1e-6261be735f55

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1872:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  2. Thomas (1894:451, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69211)
  3. Ward (1910:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Oryx leucoryx pallasii

Fitzinger, 1869

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6354530

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Oryx leucoryx latipes

Pocock, 1934

Family

Bovidae

Root name

latipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1934.8.4.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30b00aa6-4415-4df8-bc1e-e05c0341952b

Authority page

636

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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