One of the 7 gazelles on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Dama Gazelle
Nanger dama
Critically Endangered
At extremely high risk of imminent extinction in the wild.
The dama gazelle is the largest and tallest of the gazelles, with a long, slender neck and white fur with a chestnut rump and neck. It once occupied the whole of the Sahel and the margins of the Sahara, and today it survives in tiny pockets in Niger, Chad and Mali, plus some reintroductions in Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal. It is the most threatened antelope in Africa. Spain plays a key part in its conservation: the captive breeding programme in Almería holds a substantial share of the world population.
Weight
35 kg – 75 kg
Size
1.4 m – 1.7 m
Life expectancy
12 years
