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The scimitar oryx is a straight-horned antelope that stands just over 1 m (3.3 ft) at the shoulder. The males weigh 140–210 kg (310–460 lb) and the females 91–140 kg (201–309 lb). [ 10 ] The body measures 140–240 cm (55–94 in) from the head to the base of the tail.
The scimitar oryx, also called the scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), of North Africa used to be listed as extinct in the wild, but it is now declared as endangered. Unconfirmed surviving populations have been reported in central Niger and Chad , and a semi-wild population currently inhabiting a fenced nature reserve in Tunisia is being ...
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center participates in the reproduction and rehabilitation program of the scimitar-horned Oryx in Chad and the rest of sub-saharan Africa. The species was extinct in the wild from the 1980s until late 2023, when it was upgraded to critically endangered. Poaching, loss of habitat and political strife were some of the causes ...
List of mammals that perform mass migrations. Add languages. Add links. ... those of the springbok, black wildebeest, blesbok, scimitar-horned oryx, and kulan have ...
The hoofed species, named for its blade-like horns, was declared extinct in the wild in 2000. Horned creature vanished from African wild for years. Then came ‘remarkable comeback’
Endangered or Threatened due to Similarity of Appearance (the data is current as of March 28, 2014 [2]) ... Scimitar-horned Oryx, O. dammah (I) Subfamily: Caprinae.
Arabian and North African species such as the scimitar-horned oryx, addax (which is rare in the wild), dama gazelle, giraffes, Nubian ibex, wild goat, barbary sheep and Asiatic onager are also present. [9] The park also employs a captive breeding policy of endangered species. [10]
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