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AddaxAddax nasomaculatus 
HabitatOriginally ranging from the western sahara and mauritania to egypt and the sudan, it now inhabits only the south-western part of the sahara.
DescriptionThe addax ranges from 95 to 115 cm high at the shoulder and is yellowish-white in colour, with a brown mane and a black patch at the forehead. Both sexes have graceful, ringed horns, wound in an open spiral as long as 89 cm. Well adapted to the desert, the addax has large hooves for running over sand.
Threats ToExcessive hunting and severe droughts has caused such a dramatic decline in the addax population that it is now an endangered species. Only one viable population, containing fewer than 200 animals, still exists in the wild. |
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