Scimitar oryx
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| phylum | Chordata | The scimitar oryx or scimitar-horned oryx, also known as the Sahara oryx, is a species of Oryx now extinct in the wild. It formerly inhabited all of North Africa. The coat is white with a red-brown chest and black markings on the forehead and down the length of the nose. The calves are born with a yellow coat, and the distinguishing marks are initially absent. The coats change to adult coloration at 3–12 months old. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Hippotraginae |
| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Artiodactyla | |
| family | Bovidae | |
| genus | Oryx | |
| species | O. dammah |
