BEISA ORYX 



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Head of Beisa Oryx. 



BEISA ORYX (Oryx beisa). 

 Beida of the Somalis. Sala of the Abyssinians of Danakil. 



The beisa may be regarded as the north-eastern representative of 

 the gemsbuck, from which it may be distinguished at a glance not only 

 by the absence of a tuft of hair on the throat, but also by the separation 

 of the black nose-stripe from the eye-stripes. There is also no black 

 on the haunches or thighs, and the horns are considerably shorter and 

 less divergent. Height at shoulder reaching to about 4 feet. Weight 

 458 Ibs. 



Distribution. North-East Africa, from Suakin through Abyssinia to 

 Berbera in Somaliland, and south to Tana River. 



Length on 

 front curve. 



40 



?39 

 -9371 

 37i 



-9361 

 36i 



Circum- 

 ference. 



Si 



7 

 7i 



Tip to Tip. 



8 



9 

 Hi 



Locality. 

 ? 



Owner. 



Measured by A. O. Hume, at 



Aden. 

 Hargeisa, Somaliland . E. P. Hare. 



Somaliland 

 Lake Rudolf 

 Northern Somaliland 

 East Africa 



P. C. Keytel. 



G. D. E. Chapman. 



A. E. Butter. 



J. Menges. 



Rhys Williams. 



