The East African Oryx (Oryx beisa) inhabits eastern Africa, and the closely-related Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) inhabits all of eastern and southern Africa. Both are considered threatened species. Between 1969 and 1977, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish released 93 Gemsbok into the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and that population is now estimated at about 1,700 animals.