Oryx leucoryx - #5023
Arabian Oryx
Geographic 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, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and United Arab Emirates. Recently reintroduced to the wild in Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Oryx
Specific Epithet
leucoryx
Image Location
Israel, South district, Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve
Image Date
6 April 2011
Photographer
KD Rudloff