1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Species List
  4. Oryx dammah

Oryx dammah

Assessment information
CMS InstrumentsCMS, Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna
IUCN StatusExtinct in the wild
Date of entry in Appendix I1994
Date of entry in Appendix II1979
Geographic range
Countries Algeria (Status: Extinct), Burkina Faso (Status: Extinct), Chad (Status: Extinct), Egypt (Status: Extinct), Libya (Status: Extinct), Mali (Status: Extinct), Mauritania (Status: Extinct), Morocco (Status: Reintroduced), Niger (Status: Extinct), Nigeria (Status: Extinct), Senegal (Status: Reintroduced), Sudan (Status: Extinct), Tunisia (Status: Reintroduced)

No pictures for Oryx dammah

Common names
EnglishScimitar-Horned Oryx
FrenchOryx Algazelle
SpanishOrix cimitarra
GermanKrummhornoryx, Säbelantilope
Taxonomy
ClassMammalia
OrderArtiodactyla
FamilyBovidae
Scientific name Oryx dammah

COVID-19 & MIGRATORY SPECIES

Facts and Information about the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Wildlife.  Learn more

Related content

Title Start date Country CMS Instrument
Third Regional Seminar on the Conservation and Restoration of Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna 14.03.2023 Morocco CMS, Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna
Publication Publisher Type Published Date
Proceedings of the second regional seminar on the conservation and restoration of Sahelo-Saharan Antelopes, Agadir, Morocco, May 2003 - TS No. 8 UNEP/CMS Secretariat Technical Series 05 2003
Document Number Title Publish date CMS Instrument
Concerted Action 13.4 Concerted Action for the Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna 29.05.2020 CMS, Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna
COP4 I/1 Scimitar-horned Oryx - Oryx dammah CMS