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Binomial name. Oryx leucoryx. (Pallas, 1777) The Arabian oryx or white oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder bump, long, straight horns, and a tufted tail. [2] It is a bovid, and the smallest member of the genus Oryx, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula.
Oryx dammah Cretzschmar, 1827. Oryx gazella (Linnaeus, 1758) Oryx leucoryx Pallas, 1766. Oryx (/ ˈɒrɪks / ORR-iks) is a genus consisting of four large antelope species called oryxes. Their pelage is pale with contrasting dark markings in the face and on the legs, and their long horns are almost straight.
The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), also called the white oryx, was extinct in the wild as of 1972, [1] but was reintroduced to the wild starting in 1982. [2] Initial reintroduction was primarily from two herds: the "World Herd" originally started at the Phoenix Zoo in 1963 from only nine oryx [3] and the Saudi Arabian herd started in 1986 from ...
The Arabian oryx is the national animal of Dubai (Chris Zacharia) Where dune meets sky, sketched in the sand like a hieroglyph, we find our first sign: the jagged ‘w’ of two talon prints ...
Arabian oryx. The Arabian oryx (Arabic: المها العربي) is the national animal of Jordan. The Arabian oryx is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder hump, long straight horns, and a tufted tail. It is a bovid, and the smallest member of oryx genus, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula.
Arabian oryx [3] 6 Tree: Ghaf [3] References This page was last edited on 10 April 2024, at 01:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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 ...
Gardner says the Arabian wolf and striped hyena have both gone extinct from the UAE in recent decades, and a small population of Arabian leopards that lived the Hajar Mountains until the mid-1990s ...