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    the smallest member of the genus Oryx, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild by the early...
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    White oryxes are known to dig holes in the sand. The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx, Arabic: المها), became extinct in the wild in 1972 in the Arabian Peninsula...
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    The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), also called the white oryx, was extinct in the wild as of 1972, but was reintroduced to the wild starting in 1982. Initial...
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    include the Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), sand gazelle (Gazella marica), mountain gazelle (G. gazella), Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), Arabian wolf (Canis...
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    The scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah), also known as the scimitar-horned oryx and the Sahara oryx, is an Oryx species that was once widespread across North Africa...
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    African oryx (Oryx beisa), also known as the beisa, is a species of medium-sized antelope from East Africa. It has two subspecies: the common beisa oryx (Oryx...
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    ecotourism with new Oryx sanctuary". Arabian Business. 23 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. "Arabian Oryx Sanctuary". unesco.org...
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    sites have been completely delisted from the World Heritage List: the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in Oman, the Dresden Elbe Valley in Germany and Liverpool Maritime...
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  • "Proclamation No. 615, s. 1995". gov.ph. 4 July 1995. Retrieved 12 August 2012. "Arabian Oryx". www.visitqatar.qa. Retrieved 22 June 2022. "National Symbols | Gov...
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    Agency issued a new group of "Arabian Oryx" in the Houbara Reserve, and this group is the first among 100 Arabian Oryx, as Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan...
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    Gemsbok (redirect from Oryx gazella)
    The gemsbok (Oryx gazella), or South African oryx, is a large antelope in the genus Oryx. It is endemic to the dry and barren regions of Botswana, Namibia...
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    ass (Equus hemionus), and Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx). Their main predators are Arabian wolves (Canis lupus arabs). Arabian gazelles are crepuscular,...
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    like the scimitar oryx and the North African ostrich. Some of the species bred here are: Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) Red-necked...
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    11 Arabian oryx were brought in to Jordan from the US. They were taken care of at the  Shaumari Wildlife Reserve. Since then, not only has the oryx population...
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    Arabian oryx, a species of large antelope, once inhabited much of the desert areas of the Middle East. Native Bedouin tribes had long hunted the oryx...
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  • supports the largest free-roaming herd of Arabian Oryx in the UAE, along with other species such as Arabian gazelles, sand gazelles, and various birds...
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    this diversification. Other species occur in Asia: the Arabian Peninsula is home to the Arabian oryx and Dorcas gazelle. South Asia is home to the nilgai...
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  • investigations of alligator biology. The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is a species of antelope native to the Arabian Peninsula and is locally referred to...
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    Park houses some 13,000 animals indigenous to the Arabian Peninsula including the endangered Arabian Oryx, Sand Gazelle and Mountain Gazelle as well as free-roaming...
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    Saudi Arabia is home to five terrestrial ecoregions: Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert, Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna, Southwestern Arabian montane...
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    The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a large-sized savannah and plains antelope found in East and...
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  • Arabian mythology Arabian Nights, or One Thousand and One Nights Arabian oryx Arabian Sea James McCaulley (tug), also known as Arabian, a commercial tug...
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    what was thought to be the last few Arabian oryx, which formed the basis of the world herd created for Operation Oryx and eventually allowed the reintroduction...
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  • and the smallest member of oryx genus, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula. In 1978, four Arabian oryxes were brought to the Shaumari...
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    Blanford's fox and Arabian wildcat. The central section of Oman has vast stretches of gravelly desert with very little vegetation. The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary was...
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    mammals found here include the Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) which was reintroduced to the wild after disappearing, Arabian Gazelle and Nubian Ibex, a goat...
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  • species reintroduction. In response to the extinction of the Arabian oryx, Operation Oryx in collaboration with Phoenix Zoo during the 1960s and with follow-up...
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    subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East until the mid-20th century. The Arabian ostrich's range seems to have been continuous...
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  • Hawaiian honeycreeper Raptor Golden eagle Fungi Land mammal American bison Arabian oryx Bear Polar bear Cheetah Elephant Indian elephant Slow loris Tiger Bengal...
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    'Uruq Bani Ma'arid (category Protected areas of Saudi Arabia)
    in which the Arabian oryx used to live before it became extinct in the wild. The reserve has been chosen for the reintroduction of oryx that have been...
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