Order Artiodactyla Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 315 343 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352976 d2154b0a-e0b7-4b56-bb6c-61d84ce4d9e1 0-89327-235-3 7352976 Tragelaphus oryx (Pallas, 1766) . Misc. Zool., p. 9 . TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa , Cape of Good Hope . DISTRIBUTION: Gambia , Senegal , Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , and Nigeria to Sudan ; Angola to S. Africa; thence north through Botswana , S. Zaire , Malawi , Zambia , and Tanzania to S.E. Sudan and S.W. Ethiopia ; west to Senegal . COMMENT: Includes derbianus ; see Van Gelder, 1977, Lammergeyer, 23:1-6. PG believes derbianus is a valid species. Formerly included in Taurotragus ; see Ansell, 1978:53 ; but also see Swanepoel et al., 1980:187 . PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as Taurotragus derbianus derbianus subspecies only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301419009006002001 as Taurotragus oryx . 5301419009006001001 as Taurotragus derbianus .