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Oryx leucoryx
Arabian Oryx
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Photographer: Wimpie Frost
ID: 0000 0000 0408 0101 (2008-04-02)Copyright © 2008 Wimpie Frost
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo 2007
this photo depicts an animal that was captive or collected
photo location Pretoria Zoo
animal's place of origin
Pretoria (South Africa)family
Bovidae
order
Artiodactyla
class Mammalia
habitat Native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian peninsula.notes Arabian Oryx were hunted to extinction in the wild by 1972. Attempted reintroduction began in Oman as early 1982, but numbers there have declined, from 450 in 1996 to 106 by early 2003 (with an effective breeding size considered much smaller) due to illegal live capture and the increasing size of herds in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia saw an increase from 400 in 1997 to approximately 700 by early 2003, along with a small increase in the population in Israel[11]. In 2007 the United Arab Emirates released 100 Arabian Oryx into the Abu Dhabi desert, part of a five year plan to reintroduce 500 by 2012. The Phoenix Zoo is credited with saving the Arabian Oryx from extinction. In 1962 they started the first captive-breeding herd in any zoo. Starting with only 9 animals, the Phoenix Zoo has had over 200 successful births. Oryx were sent to other zoos to start their herds. By 1990, the number of Arabian Oryx had increased to over 1300 including 112 captive bred ones which were reintroduced back to the wild in preserves in their native lands. On June 28, 2007, Oman's Arabian Oryx Sanctuary was the first site to be removed from the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO's reason for this being the Omani government's decision to open 90% of the site to oil prospecting. The Arabian Oryx population on the site has been reduced from 450 Oryx in 1996 to only 65 in 2007. There are now fewer than four breeding pairs left on the site.[12]photo category: Animal - Mammal
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Arabian Oryx (photographer)
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