A few were reported in Jordan into the 1930s, but by the mid-1930s, the only remaining populations were in the Nafud Desert in northwestern Saudi Arabia and the Rub' al Khali in the south.
Bilo je nekoliko izvješća o arapskim oriksima u Jordanu 1930., ali od sredine 1930-ih jedina preostala populacija bila je u pustinji Nafud na SZ Saudijske Arabije i Rub' al Khali na jugu.