This article is about the gazelle. For other uses, see Dama.
Dama gazelle
Addra gazelle (N. d. ruficollis) at Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Maryland
Mhorr gazelle (N. d. mhorr) at Louisville Zoo in Louisville, Kentucky
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Antilopinae
Tribe:
Antilopini
Genus:
Nanger
Species:
N. dama
Binomial name
Nanger dama
(Pallas, 1766)
Subspecies[3]
N. dama dama (dama)
N. dama mhorr (mhorr)
N. dama ruficollis (addra)
also see text
Geographic range
Synonyms
Gazella dama
The dama gazelle (Nanger dama), also known as the addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle, is a species of gazelle. It lives in Africa, in the Sahara desert and the Sahel. A critically endangered species, it has disappeared from most of its former range due to overhunting and habitat loss, and natural populations only remain in Chad, Mali, and Niger. Its habitat includes grassland, shrubland, semi-deserts, open savanna and mountain plateaus.[1] Its diet includes shrubs, herbs, grasses, leaves (especially Acacia leaves), shoots, and fruit.[4]
In Niger, the dama gazelle has become a national symbol. Under the Hausa name meyna or ménas,[5] the dama gazelle appears on the badge of the Niger national football team, who are popularly called the Ménas.[6][7]
^ abIUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Nanger dama". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T8968A50186128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8968A50186128.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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