This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The scimitar-horned oryx, aka horned oryx or Sahara oryx, hails from northern and central Africa. They prefer deserts, semi-deserts, and grassy steppes. These oryx face the threats of habitat loss at the hands of farming and ranching; hunting; trapping; invasive species, and with them disease and competition for food; and […]

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