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What is the name of the endangered ungulate — a pale, desert-adapted antelope with distinctive spiralled horns — that is the national animal symbol and appears on the logo of several Egyptian institutions?
Answer: Scimitar-horned oryx — The scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), extinct in the wild since 2000 but subject to reintroduction programmes, is a culturally significant desert antelope — its long, curved horns were mistaken by medieval travellers for the 'unicorn', and its image appears prominently in pharaonic art.
- A Scimitar-horned oryx ✓
- B Addax
- C Dorcas gazelle
- D Nubian ibex
The scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), extinct in the wild since 2000 but subject to reintroduction programmes, is a culturally significant desert antelope — its long, curved horns were mistaken by medieval travellers for the 'unicorn', and its image appears prominently in pharaonic art.