Summary ²

The scimitar oryx or scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), also known as the Sahara oryx, is a species of Oryx once widespread across North Africa which went extinct in the wild in 2000.

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1. (c) Mathae, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oryx_dammah.png
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oryx_dammah

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