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title: "Niala"
description: "Tragelaphus angasii — Mamíferos. The lowland nyala or simply nyala is a spiral-horned artiodactyl antelope native to Southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/nyala
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Niala

> Tragelaphus angasii — Mamíferos. The lowland nyala or simply nyala is a spiral-horned artiodactyl antelope native to Southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Tragelaphus angasii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 5455
- Wikidata: [Q239032](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239032)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42342](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42342)

## Names

- en: Nyala
- de: Flachlandnyala
- es: Niala
- fr: Nyala
- nl: Nyala
- pt: Niala
- pl: Niala grzywiasta

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (4358), SZ (195), MZ (157), MW (91), ZW (83), NA (31), ZM (5)

## Summary

The lowland nyala or simply nyala is a spiral-horned artiodactyl antelope native to Southern Africa. The species is part of the family Bovidae and the genus Tragelaphus. It was first described in 1849 by George French Angas and exhibits the highest sexual dimorphism among the spiral-horned antelopes. It is not to be confused with the endangered mountain nyala living in the Bale region of Ethiopia.

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

## Photo

![Niala](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/nyala/medium.jpg)

Photo: Martyn Drabik-Hamshare · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183758023

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/nyala?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).