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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).
Oryx is a nickname for a character in Margaret Atwood 's book Oryx and Crake. Oryx is also the main antagonist’s name in the video game Destiny: The Taken King, a god who seeks vengeance on the player, known as a Guardian, after they killed his son Crota. He is killed by the player in the raid "King’s Fall".
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.
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 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 ...
“Photographers get to tell a story through images,” Karingattil says. ... animals such as the Arabian oryx to the Arabian Peninsula. According to Gardner, there are now over 1,600 oryx in two ...
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.
Symbols. Flag. Coat of arms. National anthem. v. t. e. The national symbols of Qatar are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Qatar and of its culture.