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Fast Facts:
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Scimitar
horned oryx are endangered due to over-hunting, habitat loss due
to agriculture, and livestock grazing.
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As of 1996, the only populations of scimitar-horned oryx still existing
in the oryx's former range were vagrants in a reserve in Chad
and a reintroduced population in a national park in Tunisia.
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Scimitar-Horned Oryx
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| Scientific Name
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Oryx dammah
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| Classification
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Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Artiodactyla, Family
Bovidae, Subfamily Hippotraginae
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| Status
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ENDANGERED
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| Range
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once found in semi-desert areas from Morocco and Senegal to Egypt
and the Sudan
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| Habitat
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arid plains and deserts
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| Diet
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In the wild, the oryx will eat grasses, shrubs and succulent
bulbs
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| Size
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Height: Average adults will stand 36 to 54 inches tall at the shoulder.
Weight: Adults will weigh between 200 and 400 lbs.
Horn Length: 23 to 58 inches
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Oryx
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Special Features:
- Both
male and female oryx have 3-4 foot long horns.
- Oryx
typically live in large groups of 20-40 animals or more.
- Baby
oryx are born after a gestation period of approximately 240 days.
- Females
often keep the calves concealed in brush to protect them from
predators. As the calves grow older, they may begin to associate
with other calves in groups called creches. Calves nurse until
they are 4.5 months old.
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