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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.
Gazella dama, national symbol of Niger. The wildlife of Niger is composed of its flora and fauna.The protected areas in the country total about 8.5 million hectares (21 million acres), which is 6.6 percent of the land area of the country, a figure which is expected to eventually reach the 11‑percent target fixed by the IUCN with the addition of more areas under the reserve category. [1]
Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution Nanger dama: Dama gazelle: Chad, Mali, and Niger Nanger granti: Grant's gazelle: northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria
In the same exhibit is also a male Dama gazelle calf, born just before St. Patrick’s Day. Named Patrick, the Dama gazelle is providing hope for the rarest of all gazelle species with fewer than ...
The Zakouma National Park is an important habitat with the highest number of large mammals. [6] Scimitar horned oryx are seen in the reserves of Chad in significant numbers, mostly in the Ouadi Rime Ouadi Achin Faunal Reserve. Also reported to survive in this reserve are the large population of addax (Addax nasomaculatus) and dama gazelle ...
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The Termit Massif Total Reserve is a nature reserve in the southeast of Niger which was established in January 1962. In March 2012, a national nature and cultural reserve was established covering an area of 100,000 square kilometres (39,000 sq mi), including the entire area of the Termit Massif and Tin Toumma desert, making it the largest single protected area in Africa.
Other threats include habitat loss due to agricultural and industrial expansion. The status in these countries is unclear. Around 1,300 individuals occur in Iran. In 2001, the chinkara population in India was estimated at over 100,000 individuals, of which nearly 80,000 occurred in the Thar desert. However, the population has declined since then.