Addax
Addax nasomaculatus · Mammal
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A spiral-horned antelope of the deep Sahara, 60 to 125 kg, that wanders in herds of five to twenty led by a male, following the rains across sandy and stony desert and going long spells without drinking. Slow-moving, it is easy to run down, and local people prized its meat and made shoes and sandal soles from its hide; ancient Egyptians even kept it tethered. Hunted almost out of existence, it is critically endangered, with a few hundred at most left wild in Chad, Niger and Mauritania.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In herds, by day
- Size
- Large
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Gives
Sources
- Berke Altan, Addax nasomaculatus (addax). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2000.
- Addax. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Addax. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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