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Oryx dammah (Cretzschmar, 1827)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nördl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth. vol.1 p.22

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Bovidae
genus
Oryx
species
Oryx dammah

Name

Synonyms
Antilope dammah Cretzschmar, 1826
Homonyms
Oryx dammah (Cretzschmar, 1827)
Common names
Oryx blanco in English
Oryx de Libye in English
Sabelantilope in English
Scimitar-horned Oryx in English
Scimitar-horned Oryx in language.
Scimitar-horned Oryx in English
Scimitar-horned Oryx in English
scimitar-horned oryx in language.
scimitar-horned oryx in English
scimitar-horned oryx in English
Scimitar-horned Oryx in English
Begar al Ouach in Arabic
Orix de Cimitarra in Spanish
Oryx Algazelle in French
Oryx de Libye in French
Säbelantilope in German
Wach in Arabic

Bibliographic References

  1. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2005: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule To List the Scimitar-Horned Oryx, Addax, and Dama Gazelle as Endangered. Federal Register, vol. 70, no. 170. 52319-52324.
  2. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2012: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-DayFindings on Petitions To Delist U.S. Captive Populations of the Scimitar-Horned Oryx, Dama Gazelle, and Addax. Federal Register, vol. 77, no. 182. 58084-58086.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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