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. ❋ Unknown (2008)
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. ❋ Unknown (2008)
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). ❋ Unknown (2008)
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. ❋ Unknown (2008)
A World Heritage site, it supports a diverse wildlife community, made famous for the successful reintroduction of Oryx leucoryx. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In 1978, this reserve was one of the first re-introduction sites in the Arabian Peninsula for Oryx leucoryx. ❋ Unknown (2008)
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. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Both Oryx leucoryx and Capra ibex nubiana are included on the IUCN Red List as endangered. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Projects to re-introduce Oryx leucoryx and Gazelle subgutturosa began here in 1995. ❋ Unknown (2008)
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). ❋ Unknown (2008)
It reaches up to 120 kilometers (km) inland over the stony plateau of the Jiddat al Harasis, home to the re-introduced Oryx leucoryx and other wildlife of the White Oryx Sanctuary. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, covering c. 25,000 km2, is a world heritage site made famous for the successful re-introduction of Oryx leucoryx. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The heavy fogs on Oman's Jiddat al Harasis stony plateau can limit visibility to less than 10 meters (m); on occasion, only the sound of footsteps made by nearby oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and gazelle (Gazella gazella) through the gloom and complete silence. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary provides protection for Oryx leucoryx and other wildlife. ❋ Unknown (2007)
In Africa that list should include the eland, white rhinoceros, blessbok, bontebok, kudu, giraffes and southern elephants, sable antelope, rhinoceros south of the Zambesi, leucoryx antelope and whale-headed stork. ❋ William Temple Hornaday (1895)
Arab rim is two-horned: it was the oryx (the leucoryx, antelope, bold and pugnacious); but when accident or artifice deprived it of one horn, the notion of the unicorn arose. ❋ Unknown (1871)
Israelites had frequented [Shaw]. wild ox -- supposed to be the Nubian Oryx, which differs from the Oryx leucoryx (formerly mentioned) by its black color; and it is, moreover, of larger stature and more slender frame, with longer and more curved horns. ❋ Unknown (1871)
Through zoos and aquariums, some species have already been rescued from extinction, including the European bison (Bison bonasus), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and Przewalski's wild horse (Equus przewalski). ❋ Unknown (2010)
At the Uruq Bani Ma’arid protected area, white (or Arabian) oryx (Oryx leucoryx) again roam the sands, as do sand gazelle (Gazelle subgutturosa) and mountain gazelle (G. gazella). ❋ Unknown (2008)
