Arabian oryx
Part of Wildlife (WLD-00)
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Israel NOWlej (2027), WLD-05, p. 165, israelnowlej.com/wld-05
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Arabian oryx
Brought back from the brink
ראם לבןOryx leucoryx
The Arabian oryx is a pale antelope with long, straight horns. It was hunted out of the wild in the 20th century. Zoos kept a few animals, and in the 1970s and 1980s their descendants were returned to the Negev and the Arava. A breeding center at Yotvata, the Hai-Bar nature reserve, helped build the herd, and wild herds now live in the desert there. Oryx are well adapted to heat and can go long periods without drinking water.
Glossary: Arabian oryx
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