Order Artiodactyla Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 637 722 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Oryx gazella (Linnaeus 1758) [Capra] gazella Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 69 . Type Locality: " India "; understood to be South Africa ( Thomas, 1911 a :152 ) . Vernacular Names: Gemsbok . Distribution: SW Angola (extinct?), Botswana , Namibia , N South Africa , and W Zimbabwe . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).