 Arabian ostrich

The Arabian ostrich, Syrian ostrich, or Middle Eastern ostrich ("Struthio camelus syriacus") is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East until the mid-20th century.Its range seems to have been continuous in prehistoric times, but with the drying-up of the Arabian Peninsula, it disappeared from the inhospitable areas of the Arabian Desert, such as the Rub' al Khali.