Gazella lady
The Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama) is the largest species of African gazelle, which has become rare and threatened; it is considered critically endangered by the IUCN. It is locally the subject of a reintroduction plan in North Africa.
The geographical distribution of the species is now almost exclusively Sahelian (grassy steppes with Acacias) in Algeria, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger (only a few small, very isolated groups), Senegal, Sudan and Chad. It is present in the Saharan massifs of Aïr, Adrar des Ifoghas, Hoggar, Tassili n'Ajjer, Tibesti, Ennedi where they are increasingly taking refuge in the face of increasing human pressure. It was found in the center and south of the Sahara, but numbers have fallen sharply since the 1950s and it is now extinct almost everywhere.
Gazelles live in small herds in semi-arid areas. During the wet season, they move across pastures and plateaus of the Sahara, but they migrate to open grasslands during the dry season. It tends to frequent areas of fixed dunes, steppes and acacia meadows.
The geographical distribution of the species is now almost exclusively Sahelian (grassy steppes with Acacias) in Algeria, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger (only a few small, very isolated groups), Senegal, Sudan and Chad. It is present in the Saharan massifs of Aïr, Adrar des Ifoghas, Hoggar, Tassili n'Ajjer, Tibesti, Ennedi where they are increasingly taking refuge in the face of increasing human pressure. It was found in the center and south of the Sahara, but numbers have fallen sharply since the 1950s and it is now extinct almost everywhere.
Gazelles live in small herds in semi-arid areas. During the wet season, they move across pastures and plateaus of the Sahara, but they migrate to open grasslands during the dry season. It tends to frequent areas of fixed dunes, steppes and acacia meadows.