Projects to re-introduce Oryx leucoryx and Gazelle subgutturosa began here in 1995. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands] Reference
The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary provides protection for Oryx leucoryx and other wildlife. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert] Reference
Both Oryx leucoryx and Capra ibex nubiana are included on the IUCN Red List as endangered. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands] Reference
In 1978, this reserve was one of the first re-introduction sites in the Arabian Peninsula for Oryx leucoryx. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands] Reference
A World Heritage site, it supports a diverse wildlife community, made famous for the successful reintroduction of Oryx leucoryx. From Wordnik.com. [Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert] Reference
The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, covering c. 25,000 km2, is a world heritage site made famous for the successful re-introduction of Oryx leucoryx. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert] Reference
Despite the protection, however, poaching reduced the number of re-introduced Oryx leucoryx in the sanctuary from over 400 in 1996 to 136 by January 1999. From Wordnik.com. [Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert] Reference
It reaches up to 120 kilometers (km) inland over the stony plateau of the Jiddat al Harasis, home to the re-introduced Oryx leucoryx and other wildlife of the White Oryx Sanctuary. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert] Reference
Heading south, it then incorporates the central plains of the Jiddat al Harasis plateau, an area now home to re-introduced Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and other wildlife of the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary. From Wordnik.com. [Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert] Reference
The reintroduced Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx (E) (bin sola in Omani), is the largest indigenous mammal species in the Jidda ', and is able to live in the desert for months without water except from plants. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
Over the last few decades the desert of the UAE has, unfortunately, witnessed local extinctions of Canis lupus arabs, Oryx leucoryx, Hyaena hyaena, jackal (Canis aureus), and honey badger (Mellivora capensis). From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands] Reference
The heavy fogs on Oman's Jiddat al Harasis stony plateau can limit visibility to less than 10 meters (m); on occasion, only the sound of footsteps made by nearby oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and gazelle (Gazella gazella) through the gloom and complete silence. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert] Reference
Arab rim is two-horned: it was the oryx (the leucoryx, antelope, bold and pugnacious); but when accident or artifice deprived it of one horn, the notion of the unicorn arose. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Through zoos and aquariums, some species have already been rescued from extinction, including the European bison (Bison bonasus), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and Przewalski's wild horse (Equus przewalski). From Wordnik.com. [Geekzone Technology Community] Reference
In Africa that list should include the eland, white rhinoceros, blessbok, bontebok, kudu, giraffes and southern elephants, sable antelope, rhinoceros south of the Zambesi, leucoryx antelope and whale-headed stork. From Wordnik.com. [Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation] Reference
At the Uruq Bani Ma’arid protected area, white (or Arabian) oryx (Oryx leucoryx) again roam the sands, as do sand gazelle (Gazelle subgutturosa) and mountain gazelle (G. gazella). From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands] Reference
(Oryx leucoryx), called by the Arabs, jazmar. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
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