"is also called the white oryx in English, ""dishon"" in Hebrew, and is known as ""maha, wudhaihi, baqar al wash"", and ""boosolah"" in Arabic. Russian zoologist Peter Simon Pallas introduced ""oryx"" into scientific literature in 1767, applying the name to the common eland as ""Antilope oryx"" (Pallas, 1767). In 1777, he transferred the name to the Cape gemsbok. At the same time, he also described what is now called the Arabian oryx as ""Oryx leucoryx"", giving its range as ""Arabia, and perhaps Libya"". In 1816, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville subdivided the antelope group, adopted ""Oryx"" as a genus name,"
"Arabian oryx The Arabian oryx or white oryx (""Oryx leucoryx"") is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder bump, long, straight horns, and a tufted tail. It is a bovid, and 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 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private preserves, and was reintroduced into the wild starting in 1980. In 1986, the Arabian oryx was classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List, and in 2011, it was the first animal to"
"Oryx Oryx is a genus consisting of four large antelope species called oryxes. Three of them are native to arid parts of Africa, and the fourth to the Arabian Peninsula. Their fur is pale with contrasting dark markings in the face and on the legs, and their long horns are almost straight. The exception is the scimitar oryx, which lacks dark markings on the legs, only has faint dark markings on the head, has an ochre neck, and horns that are clearly decurved. The Arabian oryx was only saved from extinction through a captive breeding program and reintroduction to the"
"known to kill lions with them, and oryxes are thus sometimes called the sabre antelope (not to be confused with the sable antelope). The horns also make the animals a prized game trophy, which has led to the near-extinction of the two northern species. Oryx Oryx is a genus consisting of four large antelope species called oryxes. Three of them are native to arid parts of Africa, and the fourth to the Arabian Peninsula. Their fur is pale with contrasting dark markings in the face and on the legs, and their long horns are almost straight. The exception is the"
"450 in 1996 to only 65 in 2007. Now, fewer than four breeding pairs are left on the site. Arabian oryx The Arabian oryx or white oryx (""Oryx leucoryx"") is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder bump, long, straight horns, and a tufted tail. It is a bovid, and 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 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private preserves, and was reintroduced into the wild starting in 1980. In 1986, the Arabian"
"Scimitar oryx The scimitar oryx or scimitar-horned oryx (""Oryx dammah""), also known as the Sahara oryx, is a species of ""Oryx"" once widespread across North Africa which went extinct in the wild in 2000. It has a long taxonomic history since its scientific description in 1816 by Lorenz Oken, who named it ""Oryx algazel"". This antelope stands a little more than at the shoulder. The males weigh and the females weigh . The coat is white with a red-brown chest and black markings on the forehead and down the length of the nose. The calves are born with a yellow"
"wild. The scimitar oryx, which is now listed as Extinct in the Wild, also relies on a captive breeding program for its survival. Small populations of several oryx species, such as the scimitar oryx, exist in Texas and New Mexico (USA) in wild game ranches. Gemsboks were released at the White Sands Missile Range and are managed by NMDGF. The term ""oryx"" comes from the Greek word Ὂρυξ, ""óryx"", for a type of antelope. The Greek plural form is ""óryges"", although ""oryxes"" has been established in English. Herodotus mentions a type of gazelle in Libya called ""Orus"", probably related to"
"Mexico, oryxes are classified as ""big game"" and can be harvested with the proper license, but the quality of the hunt may be affected by military regulation of the missile range. All Oryx species prefer near-desert conditions and can survive without water for long periods. They live in herds of up to 600 animals. Newborn calves are able to run with the herd immediately after birth. Both males and females possess permanent horns. The horns are narrow, and straight except in the scimitar oryx, where they curve backwards like a scimitar. The horns are lethal — the oryx has been"
"revert to vulnerable status after previously being listed as extinct in the wild. It is listed in CITES Appendix I. In 2011, populations were estimated at over 1,000 individuals in the wild, and 6,000–7,000 individuals in captivity worldwide. A Qatari oryx named ""Orry"" was chosen as the official games mascot for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, and is shown on tailfins of planes belonging to Middle Eastern airline Qatar Airways. It is the national animal of the United Arab Emirates. The taxonomic name ""Oryx leucoryx"" is from the Greek ""orux"" (gazelle or antelope) and ""leukos"" (white). The Arabian oryx"
"Ancient Rome also bred them. The use of their valuable hides began in the Middle Ages. The unicorn myth may have originated from sightings of a scimitar oryx with a broken horn. The scimitar oryx was the emblem of the ancient Egyptian Oryx nome and today is the animal symbol of the Sahara Conservation Fund. The scimitar oryx is a member of the genus ""Oryx"" and family Bovidae. The German naturalist Lorenz Oken first described it in 1816, naming it ""Oryx algazel"". The nomenclature has undergone various changes since then, with the introduction of names like ""Oryx tao"", ""O. leucoryx"","
"first group was released at the beginning of 2016 in an acclimation enclosure and then fully released in the wild in the rainy season. That group was made of 21 animals, which by the beginning of 2017 had already produced a calf, the first birth in the wild for more than 20 years. A second group comprising six males and eight females was placed in the acclimation enclosure on 21 January 2017. In ancient Egypt scimitar oryx were domesticated and tamed, possibly to be used as offerings for religious ceremonies or as food. They were called ""ran"" and bred in"
"seem to have one horn rather than two, and given that its horns are made from hollow bone that cannot be regrown, if an oryx were to lose one of its horns, for the rest of its life it would have only one. In 2015, Yellow Nose, an oryx that lives in Portland, Oregon escaped and startled hikers in Forest Park. The following day he was caught and returned home. Yellow Nose inspired a parody twitter account of the same name. Reed Gleason's herd of oryx have escaped in the past as well. Scimitar oryx The scimitar oryx or scimitar-horned"
"no more changes since then, though many papers published after 1956 created confusion by using names like ""O. gazella tao"". Its scientific name, ""Oryx dammah"", is derived from: Ancient Greek (""orux""), meaning a gazelle or antelope (originally a pickaxe); Latin ""damma"" (fallow deer or antelope); and Arabic ""dammar"" (sheep). The scimitar oryx is named for its horns, which resemble scimitars. Its common name in English is ""scimitar-horned oryx"", or simply ""scimitar oryx"". The scimitar oryx has 58 chromosomes. It has one pair of large submetacentric autosomes and 27 acrocentric autosomal pairs. The X and Y chromosomes are the largest and"
"until 1995. Today, Orana operates a special Lion Encounter and the experience is an ‘historical nod’ to the drive-through days. In 1977, Timber Wolves arrived and the Farmyard was also created. Wolves were a visitor favourite for many years and the interactive Farmyard continues to be an integral part of the visitor experience. In 1978, an island home was created for spider monkeys, the zoo's first species of primate. Two pairs of rare Scimitar-horned oryx were transferred in 1979. Oryx symbolise what the Park's founders hoped for when Orana was formed. Oryx were declared extinct in the wild in 1984"
"the United Kingdom (Gray, 1857). Though this name was to persist for many years, Oldfield Thomas renamed the scimitar-horned oryx as ""Oryx algazal"" in 1903 (it has since been renamed ""Oryx dammah""), and gave the Arabian oryx back its original name. The confusion between the two species has been exacerbated because both have been called white oryx in English. An Arabian oryx stands about high at the shoulder and weighs around . Its coat is an almost luminous white, the undersides and legs are brown, and black stripes occur where the head meet the neck, on the forehead, on the"
"Conservation Commission (MBCC). The Arabian oryx, a species of large antelope, once inhabited much of the desert areas of the Middle East. However, the species' striking appearance made it (along with the closely related scimitar-horned oryx and addax) a popular quarry for sport hunters, especially foreign executives of oil companies working in the region. The use of automobiles and high-powered rifles destroyed their only advantage: speed, and they became extinct in the wild exclusively due to sport hunting in 1972. The scimitar-horned oryx followed suit, while the addax became critically endangered. However, the Arabian oryx has now made a comeback"
"Fringe-eared oryx The fringe-eared oryx (""Oryx beisa callotis"") is a subspecies of East African oryx. It was originally described as a distinct species by Oldfield Thomas in 1892, but was subsequently re-evaluated as a subspecies by Richard Lydekker in 1912. Recently, analysis using the phylogenetic species concept has led some authors to conclude that it should be returned to full species status (""Oryx callotis""). Fringe-eared oryxes are relatively muscular antelopes with short, slender legs. Adults are in head-body length, with a tail long, and stand tall at the shoulder. Males are heavier, weighing , compared with for females, but the"
"nine months, and weigh between at birth. The mother moves away from the herd before giving birth, and keeps her infant hidden for up to three weeks, before rejoining the herd shortly thereafter. They are able to breed again almost immediately, and can therefore give birth every eleven months under ideal circumstances. Young are sexually mature by eighteen to twenty four months of age. Fringe-eared oryxes have lived for up to 22 years in captivity. Fringe-eared oryx The fringe-eared oryx (""Oryx beisa callotis"") is a subspecies of East African oryx. It was originally described as a distinct species by Oldfield"
"there has been some interbreeding even with these herds and most of the Arabian oryx in the wild today have ancestors from the Phoenix Zoo. The zoo provides sanctuary to many animals that need a place to live for various reasons. Some (like the Arabian oryx, Bali mynah, rhinoceros hornbill, Mexican gray wolf, and white rhinoceros) participate in captive breeding programs, some (such as the African spotted dogs) have retired from such programs and need a home, some have behavioral problems, and some are being rehabilitated to return to the wild. Animals that are in of sanctuary are treated somewhat"
"Re'em A re'em, also reëm (), is an animal mentioned eight times in the Hebrew Bible and variously translated as a unicorn or a wild ox. It was first identified in modern times with the aurochs by Johann Ulrich Duerst who discovered it was based on the Akkadian cognate ""rimu"" (𒄠 in cuneiform), meaning ""Bos primigenius"", the aurochs, progenitor of cattle. This has been generally accepted, as it is today even among religious scholars. It has been translated in some Christian Bible translations as ""oryx"" (which was accepted as the referent in Modern Hebrew) and as ""unicorn"" in the King"
"resources against interlopers. The Arabian oryx is the national animal of Jordan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Qatar. The Arabian oryx is also the namesake of several businesses on the Arabian peninsula, notably Al Maha Airways and Al Maha Petroleum. In the King James Version of the Bible, the word ""re’em"" is translated as 'unicorn'. In Modern Hebrew, the name ""re'em laban"", meaning white oryx, is used in error for the Arabian oryxes living in the sanctuary Yotvata Hai Bar near Eilat. The scimitar oryx is called ""re'em Sahara"". The Arabian name ""ri'ïm"" is the equivalent of the"
"and adults might reflect larger internal parasite burdens in them as compared with the neonates. The scimitar oryx was a very sociable animal and traveled in herds of between two and forty individuals, generally, led by a dominant bull. This species once gathered in groups of several thousand for migration. During the wet season, they migrated north into the Sahara. Scimitar oryx are diurnal. In the cool early mornings and evenings, they rest under trees and shrubs, or if neither are available, they dig depressions in the soil with their hooves and rest there. Males fight often, but not for"
"the country, particularly in the Karak Governorate. It blooms in the spring with dark black petals and is a national symbol of growth, renewal and change. The Arabian oryx (Arabic: المها العربي) is the national animal of Jordan. The Arabian oryx is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder hump, long straight horns, and a tufted tail. It is a bovid, and the smallest member of oryx genus, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian peninsula. In 1978, four Arabian oryxs were brought to the Shaumari Wildlife Reserve for a breeding program. Starting in 1983, 31 oryxs were"
"Ox An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal or riding animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals more docile. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas. Oxen are used for plowing, for transport (pulling carts, hauling wagons and riding), for threshing grain by trampling, and for powering machines that grind grain or supply irrigation among other purposes. Oxen may be also used to skid logs in forests, particularly in low-impact, select-cut logging. Draft oxen"
"Onza The Onza is claimed to be a feline species similar to a cougar. It is a cryptid—a creature whose existence has been alleged but not proven. The term has also been used to refer to the jaguarundi (""Puma yaguaroundi""). The Spanish name ""onza"" derives from the Latin ""lynx"", ""lyncis"", and is equivalent to the English word ""ounce"", originally applied to the lynx but now more commonly to the snow leopard (""Uncia uncia""). There are old texts written by Spanish conquistadors about the onza, but they might refer to the jaguarundi, which is known as ""onza"" in many Mexican states."
"entrances to the Africa and Australia/Asia Loops. Cheetahs were added in February 2010. meerkats were added in 2014. Two Grevy's zebra mares were added to the white rhino exhibit on President's Day 2015. The zoo also has a population of scimitar oryx, a species of oryx that has been extinct in the wild since 2000. On February 3, 2017, a new oryx calf was born at the zoo. As its name implies, this loop features animals from Australia and Oceania. Visitors can find animals such as the red kangaroo, emu, and wallaby. Lands of Change: Australia and Beyond also hosts"
"coat without distinguishing marks; their coats change to adult coloration at 3–12 months old. The scimitar oryx formed herds of mixed sexes of up to 70 members, usually guided by the bulls. They inhabited semideserts and deserts and were adapted to live in the extreme heat, with their efficient cooling mechanism and very low requirement of water. Scimitar oryx feed on foliage, grasses, succulent plants and plant parts during the night or early morning. Births peak between March and October. After a gestation of eight to nine months, one calf is born. Soon after, the female has a postpartum estrus."
"water. By using such strategies, fringe-eared oryx have been reported to survive for up to a month without drinking, although they will do so when the opportunity arises. In addition, oryxes have the ability to produce highly concentrated urine, and to re-absorb significant amounts of water from their food. Fringe-eared oryxes travel in nomadic herds, typically composed of thirty to forty individuals. Herds have a home range of , within which the animals move in search of green vegetation. Most adult members of the herd are female, but it is the males who are mainly responsible for directing its movement."
"long and not violently. Predators, such as lions, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs, golden jackals, vultures and Cape hunting dogs, mostly kill weak and young oryx. The play activity of eight calves in captivity was observed in a 1983 study. Male calves played for longer than females calves did. Mixed sex play was usual; selection of partners depended on age, but not on sex or genetic relatedness. Results suggested that size dimorphism was an important factor responsible for sex differences in play. With a metabolism that functions at the high temperatures prevalent in their habitats, scimitar oryx need less water for evaporation"
"nose, and going from the horn down across the eye to the mouth. Both sexes have long, straight or slightly curved, ringed horns which are long. Arabian oryx rest during the heat of the day and can detect rainfall and move towards it, meaning they have huge ranges; a herd in Oman can range over . Herds are of mixed sex and usually contain between two and 15 animals, though herds up to 100 have been reported. Arabian oryx are generally not aggressive toward one another, which allows herds to exist peacefully for some time. Other than humans, wolves are"
"few seasons. Common beisa oryx The common beisa oryx (""Oryx beisa beisa"") also known as the beisa oryx is a nominate subspecies of the East African oryx native to the Horn of Africa and Kenya. It is closely related to the fringe-eared oryx. There are five species of Oryx. Although they are very similar in appearance they have few distinct characteristics. Common Beisa Oryx have fringe-ears and black tufts of hair that extend past their ears. However, all species of Oryx are compact and muscular with relative long bodies and broad necks. There are not any marked difference between male"
"of autosomes in all karyotypes was 58. The X and Y chromosomes were conserved in all five species. The scimitar oryx is a straight-horned antelope that stands just over at the shoulder. The males weigh and the females . The body measures from the head to the base of the tail. The tail is long and ends with a tuft. They are sexually dimorphic with males being larger than females. Its coat is white with a red-brown chest and black markings on the forehead and down the length of the nose. The coat reflects the sun's rays, while the black"
"Hyrax Hyraxes (from the Greek , ""hýrax"", ""shrewmouse""), also called dassies, are small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. Typically, they measure between long and weigh between . They are also superficially similar to pikas or rodents (especially marmots), but are more closely related to elephants and manatees. Five extant species are recognised; the rock hyrax (""Procavia capensis"") and the yellow-spotted rock hyrax (""Heterohyrax brucei""), which both live in isolated rock outcrops, called kopjes, the western tree hyrax (""Dendrohyrax dorsalis""), southern tree hyrax (""D. arboreus""), and eastern tree hyrax (""D. validus"")."