The dama gazelle, 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. Its diet includes shrubs, herbs, grasses, leaves, shoots, and fruit.
Image: Gazella dama ruficollis 3zz
Image: Gazella dama mhorr 2
Close-up of the head of a mhorr gazelle (N. d. mhorr)
Addra gazelles, part of the breeding program at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
A gazelle is one of many antelope species in the genus Gazella. There are also seven species included in two further genera; Eudorcas and Nanger, which were formerly considered subgenera of Gazella. A third former subgenus, Procapra, includes three living species of Asian gazelles.
Gazelle
Byzantine-era mosaic of gazelle in Caesarea, Israel
Grant's gazelle (male)
Mhorr gazelle