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Addax form herds of five to 20 members, consisting of both males and females. The herd is usually led by one dominant male. [5] Due to its slow movements, the addax is an easy target for its predators: humans, lions, leopards, cheetahs and African wild dogs. Breeding season is at its peak during winter and early spring.
Genus Addax – Laurillard, 1841 – one species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Addax. A. nasomaculatus (Blainville, 1816) Scattered western Africa: Size: 150–170 cm (59–67 in) long, plus 25–35 cm (10–14 in) tail [256] Habitat: Savanna, grassland, and desert [257]
The horns of female bovids are believed to have evolved for defence against predators or to express territoriality, as non-territorial females, which are able to use crypsis for predator defence, often do not have horns. [47] Females possess horns only in half of the bovid genera, and females in these genera are heavier than those in the rest.
The dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas), also known as the ariel gazelle, is a small and common gazelle.The dorcas gazelle stands about 55–65 cm (1.8–2.1 feet) at the shoulder, with a head and body length of 90–110 cm (3–3.5 feet) and a weight of 15–20 kg (33–44 pounds).
The current scientific name of Thomson's gazelle is Eudorcas thomsonii.It is a member of the genus Eudorcas and is classified under the family Bovidae.Thomson's gazelle was first described by British zoologist Albert Günther in 1884. [4]
Predators, such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, wild dogs, hyenas, crocodiles and sometimes pythons, hunt adult kudu or their young. Kudu numbers are also affected by humans hunting them for their meat, hides and horns, or using their habitats for charcoal burning and farming.
According to 19th century writers, the bubal hartebeest preferred rocky areas with a fair amount of vegetation, in contrast to the sandy, drier habitat of the Addax. Its main predator was the Barbary lion, which is now extinct in the wild. [6]
Taurotragus / t ə ˈ r ɒ t r ə ɡ ə s / is a genus of large African antelopes, placed under the subfamily Bovinae and family Bovidae.The genus authority is the German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner, who first mentioned it in the journal Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen in 1855. [1]