0 a large antelope (= a mammal like a deer) with dark marks on its face and legs, and long horns. Oryx live in dry areas of Africa and Arabia.
In lines 33 and 34, he gives another mistress oryx eyes and neck of a gazelle.
We believe that on this base a free herd of oryx can be built up.
Except for calves, the oryx is too large to be preyed on by mountain lions and other carnivores.
It is from the last feature, unique among the various kinds of oryx, that the subspecies gains its common name.
Larger animals such as gazelles, oryx, and leopards were relatively numerous until the 1950s, when hunting from motor vehicles reduced these animals almost to extinction.
Under the table offerings are depicted including linen and ointment on the left, and on the right offerings of bread, beer, oryx, and bull.
Wildlife include giraffe, buffalo, elephants and desert antelope such as gerenuk and oryx.
Other species of mammal include reticulated giraffe, elephant, oryx, gerenuk, buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena.
