BEJSA ORYX 



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Head of Beisa Oryx. 



BEISA OEYX (Oryx beisa). 

 Beida of the Somalis. Sala of the Danakil Abyssinians. 



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 fringe 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 the Tana River. 



Tip to Tip. 



8 

 9 



36A 

 936* 



10 



78 

 9 



Locality. 



Hargeisa, Somaliland . 



p 



Somaliland 

 Lake Rudolf 

 Northern Somaliland . 

 East Africa 

 Somaliland 



Do. ... 



- Owner's measurements. 



Owner. 



Measured by A. O. Hume, at 



. Aden. 

 E. P. Hare. 



P. C. Keytel. 



G. D. E. Chapman. 



A. E. Butter. 



J. Menges. 



Rhys Williams. 



G. J. A. Troyte. 



H. Z. Darrah. 



