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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Bovidae
--> SUBFAMILY Hippotraginae
--> GENUS Oryx
SPECIES Oryx leucoryx
| Author: | Pallas, 1777. | | Citation: | Spicil. Zool., 12: 17. | | Common Name: | Arabian Oryx | | Type Locality: | "Arabiae et forte Lybiae proprium animal"; restricted to Arabia (Lydekker, 1914b:130). | | Distribution: | Extinct in Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Maintained in captivity; Middle Eastern breeding stock in Bahrain, Israel, Leban, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and United Arab Emirates. Recently reintroduced to the wild in Oman and Saudi Arabia. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Included in O. gazella by Haltenorth (1963:88). Status reviewed in Mallon and Kingswood (2001). |
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