Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: In ______, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville subdivided the antelope group, adopted Oryx as a genus name, and changed the species name Antilope oryx to Oryx gazella.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 1816
In 1816 Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville split up the antelope group, took Oryx as a genus name and changed the species name to Oryx gazella. The oryx name was then reshuffled.
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