The Fringe-eared Oryx, also known as Burton's fringe-eared oryx or Beisa is a subspecies of East African Oryx. In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt led a big game hunting expedition to Kirinyaga, British East Africa. As part of the safari, Roosevelt hoped to take specimens of the oryx back to American museums so as to teach the Americans about this rare type of antelope. The oryx figured in Maasai culture, which Jones observed when Meto showed him some traditional rock paintings of the animal.