Gemsbok

Oryx gazella

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic

Insufficient data

overall probability at Moremi Game Reserve

1 Verified records at Moremi Game Reserve

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The gemsbok (Oryx gazella), or South African oryx, is a large antelope in the genus Oryx. It is endemic to the dry and barren regions of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and (parts of) Zimbabwe, mainly inhabiting the Kalahari and Namib Deserts, areas in which it is supremely adapted for survival. Previously, some sources classified the related East African oryx, or beisa oryx (Oryx beisa), as a subspecies. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve

Kobus leche

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Aepyceros melampus

Damaliscus lunatus

Syncerus caffer

Connochaetes taurinus

40–50% · Likely

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

40–50% · Likely

Redunca arundinum

30–40% · Possible

Raphicerus campestris

Hippotragus niger

Tragelaphus scriptus

Hippotragus equinus

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Gemsbok at Moremi Game Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	50–60%
2	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	50–60%
3	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	50–60%
4	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	40–50%
5	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5–10%
6	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
7	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
8	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
9	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
10	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

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Gemsbok

Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve

Lechwe

Waterbuck

Impala

Tsessebe

African Buffalo

Blue Wildebeest

Greater Kudu

Southern Reedbuck

Steenbok

Sable Antelope

Northern Bushbuck

Roan Antelope

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found