Oryx leucoryx (Pallas 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 719

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scientific name	Oryx leucoryx (Pallas 1777)
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[Antilope] leucoryx Pallas 1777 , Spicil. Zool., 12: 17.

Type Locality: "Arabiae et forte Lybiae proprium animal"; restricted to Arabia (Lydekker, 1914 b:130) .

Vernacular Names: Arabian Oryx.

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, Leban, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and United Arab Emirates. Recently reintroduced to the wild in Oman and Saudi Arabia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Included in O. gazella by Haltenorth (1963:88). Status reviewed in Mallon and Kingswood (2001).