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Oryx, antelope genus of Africa and the Middle East. Three species of these large, straight-horned mammals exist, of which the best known is the gemsbok. The white, or Arabian, oryx and the scimitar oryx are both listed as endangered species.
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OryxRelated Category: Vertebrate Zoology (õr´ks), name for several small, horselike antelopes, genus Oryx, found in deserts and arid scrublands of Africa and Arabia. They feed on grasses and scrub and can go without water for long periods.
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OryxFrom LoveToKnow 1911 ORYX (Gr. dpoE, a pickaxe, hence applied to the animal), the scientific name of a group of African antelopes of relatively large size with long straight or scimitar-shaped horns, which are present in both sexes, ...
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OryxOryxes (genus Oryx) are large, stocky antelopes in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla [Total Votes: 241, Hits: 553] Updated On: 10/23/2007Print ...
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The Oryx (also called the sabre antelope) is a fast-running hoofed mammal that lives in dry regions of Africa and Asia (including the Arabian peninsula). They inhabit steppes (sparse grasslands), semi-deserts, and deserts.
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Oryx leucOryx Range: Historically the Arabian Oryx ranged over most of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, Israel, Jordan and Iraq.
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Oryx dammah Scimitar-horned oryxTaxonomy Oryx dammah [Cretzschmar, 1827]. Citation: In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool., Säugheth., p. 22. Type locality: Sudan, Haraza, "probably Kordofan." ...
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Oryx can go without water for several days, which is a great adaptation for a desert dweller.
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These animals usually live in herds of 20-40 individuals, but have been sighted at herds of 1000! ...
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Oryx Proj. 2003, Arabian oryx.com, AZA 1998, AZA Antelope TAG, Burton & Pearson 1987, Curry-Lindahl 1972, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Foster-Vesey-Fitzgerald 1952, Harrison 1968, Huffman 2004, IUCN 1969, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, ...
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Arabian oryxOryx leucoryx Once extinct in the wild, this species is a reintroduction programme's success story. Life span Up to 20 years.
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African oryx, gemsbok, beisa - ORYX GAZELLA Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia) Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria) Order: Even-toed Mammals (Artiodactyla) Family: Bovidae.
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Arabian oryx herds once ranged through Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Iraq, but trophy hunting with vehicles and automatic weapons drove this species to extinction in the wild. By 1972, only a few herds existed in zoos and private collections.
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The Name " Oryx": " Oryx" comes from the Greek word "orux," meaning "pick-axe" (horns). " Gemsbok" is the Afrikaans (South African Dutch) word for the animal meaning " chamois buck.
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Habitat: These oryx once lived in arid plains and deserts, and, to a lesser extent, rocky hillsides and thick brush. Natural Diet: Scimitar-horned oryx eat grasses, herbs, juicy roots, and buds.
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The Eland (Taurotragus oryx) is one of the characteristic large mammals that one may see when visiting game parks in parts of southern Africa. The images shown here were taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 500 mm F/4 L IS lens in January, 2006.
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The copyright of the article Mammals of the Desert- Gemsbok ( Oryx gazella) in Mammals is owned by Yolande Pienaar. Permission to republish Mammals of the Desert- Gemsbok ( Oryx gazella) in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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SPECIES: oryxDESCRIPTION: Large stand most heavily built of the antelopes. Shoulder height: 6 feet. Weight: up to 2000 pounds. Both sexes have horns about 2 feet long and slightly spiral led. They have a hump on the shoulders and a prominent dewlap.
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GEMSBOK / ORYX - Oryx gazella A quick look at the habitat of the gemsbok immediately draws a realisation of the inherent strength and survival capabilities of this animal.
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The largest oryx, the gemsbock (Oryx gazella) is considered conservation-dependent, which means that remnant populations must continue to be protected, but it was still common in parts of Africa in 2000.
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The Gemsbok, Oryx gazella, may not be the fleetest antelope on the African plains, but it requires an exceptionally fast horse to overtake one. When hard pressed or attacked, the gemsbok will boldly defend itself.
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Pere David's deer were rescued from extinction by the eleventh Duke of Bedford in his deer park at Wobum and have since been sent back to a reserve in China by Wobum, Whipsnade and Chester Zoos; scimitar-homed oryx were bred and reintroduced into ...
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Tragelaphus Oryx
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the Elenantilopen is widespread in five subtypes in Africa south from the Sahara. Two races in the north of the spread-area become especially big: this west - and the Ostsudanesische Riesenelenantilope.
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For example, they seem to have a courtship, but except that the male nuzzles and embraces the female we have little precise information other than the account given by John Charnock-Wilson, in 'Oryx' for 1968.
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The Common eland, Taurotragus oryx, may stand 6 feet at the shoulders and weigh slightly more than 2,000 pounds. Both sexes have horns, beautiful spirals three feet long.
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Newby, J. E. (1990) The slaughter of Sahelian wildlife by Arab royalty. Oryx 24: 6-8. Newell's Shearwater Working Group (2005) Draft Newell's Shearwater five-year workplan. Unpublished document.
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 See also: Antelope, Deer, Gazelle, Cattle, Hippo
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