Beisa

Weight

103.8 kg – 200.6 kg

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

20.3 years – 23.9 years

Diet

Herbivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

168 days

Young per litter or clutch

1

Age at maturity

18.1 months – 20.1 months

Litters or clutches a year

1.89

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusOryx
7. SpeciesOryx beisa (Rüppell, 1835)

Synonyms Antilope beisa, Oryx beisa beisa, Oryx gazella beisa

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Gemsbok

Oryx gazella

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Arabian oryx

Oryx leucoryx

Bovidae

EN, Endangered

Scimitar oryx

Oryx dammah

Bovidae

O

Oryx beatrix

BovidaeNo free photo yet

F

Fringe-eared oryx

Oryx callotis

BovidaeNo free photo yet

G

Galla oryx

Oryx gallarum

BovidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBeisa vs GemsbokBeisa vs Arabian oryxBeisa vs Scimitar oryxBeisa vs Oryx beatrix

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@misc{beisa_2026,
  title = {Beisa (Oryx beisa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beisa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}