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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.
This is a list of species of fauna that have been observed in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( February 2011 )
This list of mammals of Oklahoma lists all wild mammal species recorded in the state of Oklahoma. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This includes mammals that are extirpated from the state and species introduced into the state.
Oklahoma has 41 state parks, two national protected forests or grasslands, [12] and a network of wildlife preserves and conservation areas. Six percent of the state's 10 million acres (40,000 km 2 ) of forest is public land, [ 11 ] including the western portions of the Ouachita National Forest , the largest and oldest national forest in the ...
Black Mesa State Park is an Oklahoma state park in Cimarron County, near the western border of the Oklahoma panhandle and New Mexico. The park is located about 15 miles (24 km) away from its namesake, Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma (4,973 feet (1,516 m) above sea level). The mesa was named for the layer of black lava rock that coats it.
Alabaster Caverns State Park is a 200-acre (0.81 km 2) state park approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Freedom, Oklahoma, United States near Oklahoma State Highway 50. [3] The park attracted 24,706 visitors in FY 2016, The lowest count of the three parks in its part of Oklahoma.
The range was the namesake of Kiamichi Country, the official tourism designation for southeastern Oklahoma, until the designation was changed to Choctaw Country. Black bear , coyote , bobcat , deer , cougar , minks , bats , bald eagles (sacred to the Choctaw), varieties of woodpeckers , doves , owls , road runners and 328 vertebrate species are ...
"Oklahoma Wind" SR42, 1982 Anthem "Oklahoma!" lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II music: Richard Rodgers: 25 O.S.3§94.1, 1953 Folk song "Oklahoma Hills" by Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie: 25 O.S.3§94.8, 2001 Musical instrument: Fiddle: SCR25, 1984 Country and western song "Faded Love" by John Willis and Bob Wills: SCR65, 1988 Folk dance Square dance ...