Oryx leucoryx (Pallas, 1777) . Spicil. Zool., 12:17.

TYPE LOCALITY: Arabia .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Arabian Peninsula; formerly Iraq. Probably became extinct in the wild, but maintained in captivity, and recently reintroduced into Arabia.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: asiatica, beatrix, latipes, pallasii.

COMMENTS: Included in O. gazella by Haltenorth (1963:88).