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title: "Dama Gazelle"
description: "Nanger dama — Mammiferi. The dama gazelle (Nanger dama), also known as the addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle, is a species of gazelle."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dama-gazelle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dama Gazelle

> Nanger dama — Mammiferi. The dama gazelle (Nanger dama), also known as the addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle, is a species of gazelle.

- Scientific name: *Nanger dama*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 227
- Wikidata: [Q725736](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725736)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74723](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74723)

## Names

- en: Dama Gazelle
- de: Damagazelle
- es: Gacela Dama
- fr: Gazelle Dama
- nl: Damagazelle
- pl: Gazela dama

## Countries with the most observations

TD (3)

## Summary

The dama gazelle (Nanger dama), 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 (especially Acacia leaves), shoots, and fruit.
In Niger, the dama gazelle has become a national symbol. Under the Hausa name meyna or ménas…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dama_gazelle

## Photo

![Dama Gazelle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dama-gazelle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sara L Giles · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6786610

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dama-gazelle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).