Scimitar-Horned Oryx
- Context (BBC): Scimitar-horned oryx returns to the wild after 23-year extinction.
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has now downgraded its classification from ‘Extinct in the Wild’ to ‘Endangered’.
- Reasons for extinction: Due to extended periods of drought and rampant hunting in the 1980s.
- The scimitar-horned oryx has improved its status due to both in-situ and ex-situ conservation.
- Scimitar-Horned Oryx (or Sahara Oryx) is a majestic antelope species.
- Distribution: It is found in North Africa.
- Habitat: It inhabits desert, savanna, and scrubland.
- Threat: Agriculture, climate change, hunting, invasive species.
- Conservation status: IUCN: EN
