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The Arabian oryx is also called the white oryx in English, dishon in Hebrew, [3] and is known as maha, wudhaihi, baqar al-wahsh, and boosolah in Arabic. [ 4 ] Prussian zoologist Peter Simon Pallas introduced "oryx" into the scientific literature in 1767, adding the name to the common eland as Antilope oryx (Pallas, 1767).
The term "oryx" comes from the Greek word ὄρυξ, óryx, for a type of antelope. The Greek plural form is óryges , although "oryxes" has been established in English. Herodotus mentions a type of gazelle in Libya called ὄρυς, orus , probably related to the verb ὀρύσσω, orussō , or ὀρύττω, oruttō , [ 3 ] meaning "to dig".
List of bovids. Six bovid species (clockwise from top left): addax, cattle, mountain gazelle, impala, blue wildebeest, and mouflon. Bovidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla. A member of this family is called a bovid. They are widespread throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, and are found in a ...
Description. Profile of an adult male. Pronghorns have distinct white fur on their rumps, sides, breasts, bellies, and across their throats. Adult males are 1.3–1.5 m (4 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) long from nose to tail, stand 81–104 cm (2 ft 8 in – 3 ft 5 in) high at the shoulder, and weigh 40–65 kg (88–143 lb).
An Arabian oryx in Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. The wildlife of the United Arab Emirates is the flora and fauna of the country on the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula and the southern end of the Persian Gulf. The country offers a variety of habitats for wildlife including the coast, offshore islands, mangrove areas, mudflats, salt ...
The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, yaks, bison, buffalo, antelopes (including goat-antelopes), sheep and goats. A member of this family is called a bovid. With 143 extant species and 300 known extinct species, the family Bovidae consists of 11 (or two) major subfamilies and ...
The scimitar oryx is a member of the genus Oryx and the family Bovidae.German naturalist Lorenz Oken first described it in 1816, naming it Oryx algazel.The nomenclature has undergone various changes since then, with the introduction of names such as Oryx tao, O. leucoryx, O. damma, O. dammah, O. bezoarticus, and O. ensicornis.
National animals of the Levant: Arabian oryx (), Mountain gazelle and Hoopoe (), Striped hyena (), Palestine sunbird (), and Saker falcon ().. Wildlife in the Levant encompasses all types of wild plants and animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fresh and saltwater fish, and invertebrates, that inhabit the region historically known as the Levant, Shaam, or Greater Syria.