Oryx dammah - #3104

Scimitar-horned Oryx
Geographic Distribution

Extinct in Algeria, N Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, N Nigeria, N Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia. Probably last occurred in the wild in the 1980s in Chad. Survives as captive populations.

Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Oryx
Specific Epithet
dammah
Image Location
Tunisia, Bou-hedma National Park
Image Date
17 June 2013
Photographer
C Smith