This is the dramatic moment a mother antelope clashed horns with a three-tonne rhino which strayed a little too close to her calf at a safari park . The stand-off in Wiltshire saw the antelope refuse to back down when the beast approached her calf - and at one point even clashed horns with it . The antelope , Ramina , kept her baby Phoenix behind her at all times as she charged at the massive rhino , Njanu , despite it being 15 times heavier . Dramatic : The stand-off saw the antelope refuse to back down when the beast approached her calf - and at one point even clashed horns with it . Coming together : The antelope , Ramina , kept her baby Phoenix behind her at all times as she charged at the massive rhino , Njanu . Keepers say Ramina , a scimitar oryx antelope , was being overly defensive of her baby on her first outing in the park following a difficult birth . This saw the calf , who lives at Longleat Safari Park near Frome , brought back to life by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation . Dan Gray , a keeper at the park , said : ‘ Phoenix is Ramina 's seventh calf but her birth was not an easy one . ‘ In fact I had to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation soon after she was born as she had stopped breathing. ’ Taking him on : Keepers say Ramina , a scimitar oryx antelope , was being overly defensive of her baby in the park following a difficult birth . Coming together : The calf , who lives at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire , was brought back to life by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after birth . But he added : ‘ Happily Phoenix made a full recovery and that was why she was allowed out in to the park properly . ‘ However , it may be that Ramina was even more protective than usual as a result and decided to stand her ground . Njanu was almost certainly just being inquisitive and meant no harm at all . 'But I guess Ramina did n't know that and she displayed real maternal courage to stand up to him so bravely. ’ The scimitar oryx - oryx dammah in Latin - gets its name from its scimitar-shaped horn which can measure up to 5ft ( 1.5m ) in length . Some experts believe the oryx may be the basis for the unicorn legend because when seen side-on it can appear as if they only have one horn . Come on then : The scimitar oryx - oryx dammah in Latin - gets its name from its scimitar-shaped horn which can measure up to 5ft in length . It 's back : Originally from North Africa , the oryx antelope is thought to have gone extinct in the wild in 1999 - due to hunting and loss of habitat . The horns are made from hollow bone , so can break off quite easily and do not grow back - making one horned oryx a relatively common occurrence . The oryx antelope , originally from North Africa , is thought to have gone extinct in the wild in 1999 - due to hunting and loss of habitat . Longleat is part of an international captive breeding programme for the species , with there now said to be more than 1,500 of them worldwide . Re-introduction programmes are taking place in Morocco , Tunisia and Senegal - with captive-bred animals being released into fenced reserves .
kick - off at Longleat Safari park in Wiltshire ##yx antelope threatened to back down when beast approached her calf . Ramina kept her calf Phoenix behind her at all times as she charged at rhino , Njanu , which is 15 times heavier . Scimitar oryx beast was overly defensive of her calf on first outing in 2009 after difficult birth , keepers say .