Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The specific name of the saber-horned antelope, Oryx leucoryx, adopted as a common name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large antelope of North Africa (
Oryx leucoryx ), allied to the gemsbok.
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Examples
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Projects to re-introduce Oryx leucoryx and Gazelle subgutturosa began here in 1995.
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands 2008
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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).
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands 2008
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A World Heritage site, it supports a diverse wildlife community, made famous for the successful reintroduction of Oryx leucoryx.
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Both Oryx leucoryx and Capra ibex nubiana are included on the IUCN Red List as endangered.
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands 2008
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In 1978, this reserve was one of the first re-introduction sites in the Arabian Peninsula for Oryx leucoryx.
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands 2008
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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.
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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.
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In Oman, the massive 24,785 km2 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary is a Natural World Heritage Site famous for the successful reintroduction of the Endangered Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), and Jebel Samhan National Nature Reserve is the home of a population of Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus minor, CR), a Critically Endangered subspecies.
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The Mahazat as-Sayd Special Nature Reserve (2,200 km2) is another key re-introduction site, containing re-introduced Oryx leucoryx and Arabian sand or rheem gazelle (Gazella subguttorosa ssp. marica).
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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.
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