Oryx dammah
(Cretzschmar, 1827)
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Distribution :
Extinct in Algeria, N Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, N Nigeria, N Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia. Probably last occurred in the wild in the 1980s in Chad. Survives as captive populations.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 606
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Ruminantia |
| Infraorder | : Pecora |
| Superfamily | : Bovoidea |
| Family | : Bovidae |
| Subfamily | : Antilopinae |
| Tribe | : Hippotragini |
| Genus | : Oryx |
Species status
Authority citation
Cretzschmar, P.J. 1827-10-14. [Heft 3, pl. 5-10]. Pp. 15–32 in Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826-1831. Säugethiere. Pp. 1–78 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 78+55+24+47+141 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140560Original name as described
Antilope dammah
Type material
SMF:MAMM:4223
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Sudan, Northern Kordofan Prov.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Tunisia · Chad
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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