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Addax Endangered Animal Species in North Africa
Addax Endangered Animal Pictures
There are reportedly 600 addax managed in captive breeding programs. There are currently more than 1000 addax held in captivity in the US, Europe and the Middle East. And although it is legally protected, hunting is still a threat.
Excessive hunting for its flesh and hide seems to be the main cause of decline for the addax. There are only a few hundred left in the wild. It is believed that the female gives birth to one calf after a gestation period of 8 to 9 months. Little is known about its reproductive biology in the wild. They are only found in northeastern Niger, northern Chad, and along the Mauritanian/Mali border.
They are able to thrive in the desert with no water source. The addax prefers to travel through the desert at night in search of sparse vegetation in the desert that manages to grow during rainfall. The addax is a desert creature and hardly ever needs water except from the drops of water it gets from eating plants. The average length of the addax is around 5 feet and it has a shoulder height of around 3 feet. There is a patch of black hair on its forehead and it has a black tuft on its tail.
Its coat is grayish brown in the winter and changes to nearly white in the summer. The addax is a large antelope with long and thin spiral horns with two and sometimes three twists.
Excessive hunting for its flesh and hide seems to be the main cause of decline for the addax. There are only a few hundred left in the wild. It is believed that the female gives birth to one calf after a gestation period of 8 to 9 months. Little is known about its reproductive biology in the wild. They are only found in northeastern Niger, northern Chad, and along the Mauritanian/Mali border.
They are able to thrive in the desert with no water source. The addax prefers to travel through the desert at night in search of sparse vegetation in the desert that manages to grow during rainfall. The addax is a desert creature and hardly ever needs water except from the drops of water it gets from eating plants. The average length of the addax is around 5 feet and it has a shoulder height of around 3 feet. There is a patch of black hair on its forehead and it has a black tuft on its tail.
Its coat is grayish brown in the winter and changes to nearly white in the summer. The addax is a large antelope with long and thin spiral horns with two and sometimes three twists.
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Quagga Extinct Animal Pictures
Quagga Extinct Animal Wallpapers
The last Quagga died in in 1883 in an Amsterdam Zoo. However, its limited range made it all the more vulnerable and Quaggas were hunted to the brink of extinction in the mid 19th Century by settlers razing sheep, goats and other livestock. The Quagga's hearing, the Ostrich's eyesight and the Wildibeast's keen sense of smell comprised excellent defense from predators for the entire herd. In the wild, Quaggas, Ostriches and Wildebeests often grazed together in what was termed the "triple alliance".
Some thought incorrectly that the Quagga was the female of Burchell's Zebra, probably because the natives gave both zebras the same name. Quagga, Equus burchelli quagga, of the Karoo Plains and southern Free State of South Africa were a subspecies of the Burchell’s Zebra, although their unique appearance wouldn't necessarily make this apparent.
Some thought incorrectly that the Quagga was the female of Burchell's Zebra, probably because the natives gave both zebras the same name. Quagga, Equus burchelli quagga, of the Karoo Plains and southern Free State of South Africa were a subspecies of the Burchell’s Zebra, although their unique appearance wouldn't necessarily make this apparent.
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