Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx)

Arabian Oryx, a reference photo — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

The Arabian oryx or white oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder bump, long, straight horns, and a tufted tail. It is a bovid, and the smallest member of the genus Oryx, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild by the early 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private reserves, and was reintroduced into the wild starting in 1980.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Arabian Oryx being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Addax nasomaculatus
Oryx dammah
Oryx gazella
Gazella marica

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Oryx
Species: Oryx leucoryx

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