What is Gemsbok?
{{Taxobox | name = Gemsbok | status = | image = Oryx gazella (Chudop).jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] | familia = [[Bovidae]] | subfamilia = [[Hippotraginae]] | genus = '''''[[Oryx]]''''' | species = '''''O. gazella''''' | binomial = ''Oryx gazella'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[1758]]) }} The '''gemsbok''' or '''gemsbuck''' (''Oryx gazella'') is an [[Africa]]n plains [[antelope]]. They are found all over [[Africa]], especially [[Tanzania]], [[Namibia]] and [[South Africa]]. == Grouping == Gemsboks live in a [[herd]] of 10-40. The herds are usually set up with a dominant male and female as leaders of the herd. The males have striaght pointed [[horn (anatomy)|horns]] and have been known to attack and kill [[lions]] and other [[predators]] by impaling them. The females are the same, but sometimes have curved horns. == Northern and Southern == There are two varieties of gemsbok. A Northern Gemsbuck and a Southern Gemsbok. The northern variety have black fringed ears and live in the more northern parts of Africa. The Southern variety have longer horns and live in the southern parts of Africa. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Bovids]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]]