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The Arabian Oryx

3 November, 2025
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The Arabian oryx, aka white oryx, is a mid-sized species of antelope and the smallest member of the oryx genus. They are native to desert and steppe regions of the Arabian Peninsula. These critters are threatened by

The Arabian Gazelle

21 October, 2025
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The Arabian gazelle, aka Erlanger’s gazelle or Neumann’s gazelle, hails from the Arabian Peninsula. There are only an estimated 7,000 individuals left in the wild, to date. They face the threats of habitat loss from farming and ranching,

The Roan Antelope

24 July, 2024
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Found throughout western, central, and southern Africa it’s the roan antelope. They are among the largest of the antelope species, with the bongo, eland, and greater kudu exceeding them in the weight class. Even though they

The Black-Tailed Deer

30 April, 2024
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The black-tailed deer is a subspecies of mule deer. They can be found in Alaska, Canada, through many of the main U.S. states (from the midwest to the Pacific west), down into Mexico, and Baja California. They prefer forest

The Addax

1 February, 2024
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The addax, aka screwhorn antelope or white antelope, hails from Africa; more explicitly in Chad, Maritania, Niger, and Mali. These once prolific antelopes have been reduced to a mere fraction of their original populations. It is

The Speedy Topi

29 December, 2023
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The topi (pronounced toh-pee) hails from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. They prefer semi-deserts, savannas, and floodplains of sub-Saharan Africa. These critters face the threats of

The Hirola

4 December, 2023
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The hirola, aka hunter’s antelope or hunter’s hartebeest, hails from the borders of Kenya and Somalia. They prefer flooded open grassland with a smattering of bushes, scattered trees, wooded savannas with short shrubs, and they

The Indian Wild Donkey

14 September, 2021
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The Indian wild donkey, aka wild ass, Ghudkhur, Khur, or Indian onager (in the local Gujarati language), can primarily be found in Gujarat, in the Indian subcontinent. These donkeys

The Himalayan Tahr

13 May, 2021
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Enter the Himalayan tahr, a large wild goat that lives its life around the mountain forests, mountain slopes, and also the alpine pastures on the Himalayas in India, Nepal, and Tibet. These big goats have also been introduced to North America, New Zealand,

The Lumbering Eland

27 December, 2018
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Slowly lumbering its way into today’s article is the eland. The eland is the largest and slowest antelope. You can find these beasts on the open plains, sub-desert, savanna, and