Arabian Oryx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arabian Oryx ( Oryx leucoryx ) (or White Oryx) is a bovid and the smallest member of Oryx genus, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian peninsula. An endangered species, the Arabian ...
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Arabian Oryx Sanctuary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary in the Omani Central Desert and Coastal Hills. Within its boundaries are found rare fauna, including a free-ranging herd of Arabian oryx, the first ...
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Oryx - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oryx is one of three or four large antelope species of the genus Oryx , typically having long, straight, almost-upright or swept-back horns. Two or three of the species are native to Africa, with a...
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Welcome to the Arabian Oryx Project Website. ... The Arabian Oryx Project was established in 1979 by the order of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Its aim was to re-establish a wild population of the Arabian oryx, which had become extinct in the wild throughout its range in Arabia.
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The Arabian oryx is a medium-sized antelope weighing 65 - 75 kg (140 - 170 lb). Prior to its extinction in the wild, it is believed to have occurred in flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions, and the dunes edging sand deserts, with a diverse vegetation of trees, shrubs, herbs,
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Along with individuals from a few European zoos, these oryx were placed in a breeding facility in the Phoenix Zoo (Arizona), where they successfully bred. Today, over 100 Arabian oryx have been returned to the wild in Oman and Jordan, while the captive population is over 600 animals.
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In 1996, the population of the Arabian Oryx in the site, was at 450 but it has since dwindled to 65 with only about four breeding pairs making its future viability uncertain. This decline is due to poaching and habitat degradation.
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Historically the Arabian Oryx ranged over most of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, Israel, Jordan and Iraq. Today, the Arabian Oryx lives only in special protected reserves in Oman, Saudi because of extinction in the wild.
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Once extinct in the wild, this species is a reintroduction programme's success story. ... Arabian oryx; Oryx leucoryx ... Arabian oryx are extreme desert specialists. They form herds of about 10 animals, reaching 30 in good times, and occasionally dig scrapes with their horns in order to rest during the heat of the day.
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