Photograph by Lenore Atwood

Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah) was once one of the most common large mammals of northern Africa. Overhunting for the animal’s meat, hide and magnificent horns, combined with habitat loss and caused major declines in the species and by the end of the 20th century none were known to remain in the wild. Currently listed as Extinct. Photo © Antonio di Croce.

The World Conservation Union-Species Survival Commission classifies species according to extinction risk.

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