What is a oryx?

Answer 1

An Oryx is one of three or four large antelope species of the genus Oryx, typically having long straight almost upright horns. Three of the species are found in Africa with a fourth in Arabia and Southern Israel. Small populations exist in Texas and New Mexico, USA. The New Mexico population was started between 1969 and 1977 when the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish released 93 oryx onto the White Sands Missile range.

Some taxonomists describe Oryx beisa as a subspecies of Oryx gazella. The Arabian oryx, the smallest species became extinct in the wild in 1972 from the Arabian Peninsula. It was reintroduced in 1982 in Oman but poaching has had negative effects on the species. Subsequent reintroduction programmes have placed the number of Arabian oryx in the wild at around 250. About 600 more are in captivity. The oryx dammah is now extinct from the wild in Africa, however.

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Answer 2

Oryx are similar to antelope. They can light grayish brown with a black trim, or off white with a rusty brown trim. They live in Africa. They grow up to four feet tall and up to eight feet long. They are sociable and travel in herds led by a female oryx. They eat grasses, herbs, berries, leaves, bulbs, fruits. They live up to twenty years. They have long horns that face and grow out towards the reer.

Answer 3

an oryx is an african antelope with a grayish coat with black stripes and long horns that are allmost but not completely straight

Answer 4

An antelope often confused with the Lorax, which is a Dr Seuss character dependant on truffula trees.

Answer 5

An antelope with big horns that look like crescent moons and that sweep back from the head.

Answer 6

Type of antelope