Species/Addax
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
CRCritically Endangered
- Range
- Termit & Tin Toumma, Niger, and tiny reintroductions
- Population
- Fewer than 100 in the truly wild population
- Trend
- decreasing
- Last assessed
- 2016
A desert antelope built for places with no water. Civil conflict and oil tracks opened the last range to hunters.
Desert does not mean empty, and empty is what we are making it.
Threats
- Oil exploration
- Uncontrolled hunting
- Drought
What you can do
- Support Sahara Conservation
The last wild addax monitoring.