南非剑羚 (Oryx gazella) 是一种生活在非洲南部卡拉哈里沙漠和纳米比沙漠的羚羊。它们在外观上具有多个特征：长而纤细的螺旋犄角；眼睛和口鼻部有白色斑纹的黑色脸庞；灰褐色的毛皮，腿的上半部和后背有黑色斑纹；以及脚上的白色“袜子”。平均而言，南非剑羚肩高约 1.1 至 1.3 米，体长 1.9 至 2.4 米，犄角的平均长度则是 85 厘米。雄性的体型比雌性稍大，且体重重上许多。
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Animal Facts
Gemsbok can increase their body temperature to up to 45°C to cope with high environmental temperatures, and prevent water loss through sweating and panting.
Gemsbok have a low metabolic rate so they do not have to drink often. They can go through most of the year without drinking and by retaining water from their diet.
Female gemsbok have longer horns than male gemsbok.
There is often only a very short amount of time – a matter of weeks – between a female gemsbok giving birth and getting pregnant again.
Gemsbok horns were sold as unicorn horns in medieval England.