African Hunting Gazette

Scimitar-horned oryx

English: Scimitar-Horned Oryx

Latin: Oryx dammah

German: Säbelantilope

French: Antilope aux sabres

Spanish: Órice de cuernos de cimitarra

MEASUREMENTS

Shoulder Height: 1.2 m (3.9‘)

Weight: 200 kg (441 lb)

DESCRIPTION

Large and powerfully built antelope with both sexes carrying the long, curved, backswept horns, hence the

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