“…Preferred habitat types include rolling dunes, scrub vegetation, and scattered trees or woodlands that provide shade during the dry season (Bassett, 1975;Newby, 1978Newby, , 1988Bemadjim et al, 2012). Oryx feed on a wide variety of grasses and forbs and rarely drink surface water, instead obtaining moisture from grazed vegetation, wild Citrullus melons, and occasionally Acacia seed pods (Gillet, 1965;Dragesco-Joffé, 1993. Historically, oryx were relatively abundant within their range, and were hunted for meat and hides (Dolan, 1966;Newby, 1980Newby, , 1988. Increased hunting pressure, arising from political instability and the introduction of automated weapons and motorized vehicles, along with exclusion from high-quality habitat by nomadic pastoralists and insufficient legal protection, resulted in the species' steady decline during the twentieth century (Durant et al, 2014;Woodfine and Gilbert, 2016).…”