Oryx dammah - #2129

Oryx dammah - #2129

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Scimitar-horned Oryx

30 May 2006. P Perry

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.
Family: Bovidae (cattle, sheep, goats, and antelopes)