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Global Population Overview
The total number of scimitar-horned oryx in zoological institutions as reported to the
studbook keeper by the 31 st December 2007 is 1675 in 204 institutions.
An summary of births, deaths and transfers during 2007 is as follows:
Global institutions
Total living on 31.12.2007: 662.979.34 (1675) in 204 institutions
Total births reported: 114.93.15 (222) in 60 institutions
Total deaths reported: 73.70.3 (146) in 60 institutions
Total transfers reported: 46.43.0 (89) in 33 institutions
EEP institutions
Total living on 31.12.2007: 155.316.3 (474) in 54 institutions
Total births reported: 54.40.3 (97) in 26 institutions
Total deaths reported: 43.40.1 (84) in 32 institutions
Total transfers reported: 12.9.0 (21) in 11 institutions
Population statistics for the global population of scimitar-horned oryx
Founders: 47
Potential Founders: 0
Living Descendants: 1140
Percent Known: 36.1%
Genetic Diversity: 0.9667 (96.67%)
Potential Genetic Diversity: 0.9840 (98.40%)
Gene Value: 0.9570 (95.70%)
Founder Genome Equivalents (FGE) 15.02
Potential Founder Genome Equivalents: 31.32
Founder Genomes Surviving: 31.32
Potential Founder Genomes Surviving: 31.32
Mean Inbreeding (F): 0.1036
Mean Kinship (MK): 0.0333
Husbandry Guidelines
The second edition of ‘The Biology, Husbandry and Conservation of Scimitar-horned Oryx
(Oryx dammah)’ was published in English on CD-ROM in 2004. A French translation of
the guidelines was published on CD-ROM in 2005. Copies of both the English and French
versions are available on request from Marwell Preservation Trust, Colden Common,
Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1JH, UK.
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