Also keeping company with the oryx is the tahr - or mountain goat, distinguished by its distinctive horn and beard - found at. From Wordnik.com. [ETravelBlackboard.com] Reference
The oryx is a magnificent creature, standing as tall as a horse, with the same full, flowing, dark tail that sweeps the ground. From Wordnik.com. [River God]
"I want a good oryx head," declared the scientist. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
Animal re-introductions: The Arabian oryx in Oman. From Wordnik.com. [Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert] Reference
Zaal saw an oryx; stalked it on foot, and killed it. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
Arabian oryx reintroduction in Oman: success and setbacks. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
Arabian oryx re-introduction in Oman: successes and setbacks. From Wordnik.com. [Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert] Reference
Beiza oryx (oryx gazella beisa), Awash National Park, Ethiopia. From Wordnik.com. [Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
The scimitar-horned oryx is now regarded as extinct in the wild. From Wordnik.com. [Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands] Reference
Aristotle mentions as such the oryx or antelope of northern Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
Scimitar-horned oryx (oryx dammah) (Photograph by Robert J. Hudson). From Wordnik.com. [South Saharan steppe and woodlands] Reference
Aridland wildlife in decline: the case of the scimitar-horned oryx. From Wordnik.com. [South Saharan steppe and woodlands] Reference
The beisa oryx (oryx gazella beisa) was formerly widespread throughout Somalia. From Wordnik.com. [Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
Arabian oryx faced an even tougher climb back: by 1972, they existed only in zoos. From Wordnik.com. [Now Life For An Old Bird] Reference
Beisa oryx (oryx beisa) persist, but have been greatly reduced by hunting pressure. From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands] Reference
The protection of the oryx also enabled the ibex, idmi and houbara bustard to increase. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
Along the way, you're apt to spot a few locals: sharp-horned oryx, gemsbok and ostrich. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Heiderstadt: The Joys of Wandering Off the Beaten Path] Reference
Three wild species - buffalo, eland, and oryx - were selected for comparison with cattle. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
However, poaching reduced the re-introduced oryx from over 400 in 1996 to 136 by January 1999. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert] Reference
Characteristic fauna includes the Arabian white oryx, sand gazelle, sand cat, and Ruppell's fox. From Wordnik.com. [Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert] Reference
Tunisia: near-extinct Scimitar-horned oryx (oryx dammah) reintroduced in formerly overgrazed lands. From Wordnik.com. [UN Atlas Shows Stark Climate Change] Reference
From the 1930's, mechanized hunting parties from the north hunted the oryx, gazelles and houbara bustard. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
This is the first time in more than a decade that there has been an oryx birth at the Front Royal campus. From Wordnik.com. [National Zoo welcomes a new baby] Reference
Who can forget the 2005 photo of Richardson posing with a felled oryx like Sarah Palin's mesa counterpart?. From Wordnik.com. [Secretary of Bloodsports and other Commerce] Reference
Toward midnight a number of oryx were seen, their long, black, sword-like horns mixed with a herd of zebra. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
In 1980 the reintroduction of the oryx was initiated under the direction of the Diwan of Royal Court Affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
Gradually game became apparent, and after knocking over a couple of gazelles and a fine oryx, they found a waterhole. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
Capra ibex nubiana survived the exterminations that befell the oryx and gazelle and are officially protected in 3 sites. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands] Reference
The re-introduction there of oryx was part of an ongoing process of rehabilitating a diverse and unique desert ecosystem. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
To his vast delight, von Hofe's oryx bounded high and fell dead; it was found that both bullets had gone through the heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
The zoo is working with the Sahara Conservation Fund to help reintroduce the oryx to their native home on the Saharan range. From Wordnik.com. [Rare Oryx, Extinct In Wild, Born At National Zoo] Reference
The scimitar-horned oryx (oryx dammah) is now considered extinct in the wild, but occurred in this ecoregion until the late 1980s. From Wordnik.com. [East Saharan montane xeric woodlands] Reference
The oryx introduction project at Ya'aluni has limited accommodation for visitors and students and receives around 150 guests per year. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
In the drier areas several large mammal species occur such as cheetah, lion, elephant, beisa oryx, Grevy's zebra and reticulated giraffe. From Wordnik.com. [Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands] Reference
The oryx, for example, gained weight on grazing that would not even sustain cattle, and it required only a quarter of the amount of water. From Wordnik.com. [26 Mouse Deer] Reference
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