Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah)

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae
Genus	Oryx (1)
Size	Body length: 160 - 175 cm (2) Shoulder height: 110 - 125 cm (2)
Weight	180 - 200 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Extinct in the Wild (EW) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1). Listed on Appendix I of CITES and Appendices I and II of The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention) (3).