Oryx dammah (Cretzschmar, 1826).

The most noticeable feature of the Scimitar-horned Oryx is the long, slender horns that curve up and over the back on both males and females. It is believed that this animal gave rise to the legend of the unicorn. This large antelope which is about 205 cm length has a white coat with russet or brown patches on the nose and forehead and a stripe through the eye from the base of the ear and horn; the neck and chest are brown as is the long tail tuft. Its habitat is the grassy steppe, semi-deserts, and deserts where it eats grasses, herbs, roots, fruit, leaves, and vegetation. It is a desert-adapted animal that is capable of surviving without water for long periods. A single calf is born after a gestation period of about eight months. It is endangered throughout its range from Sudan to Senegal and has become extinct in Egypt during the last 100 years.