Dama gazelle  (Gazella dama)

Once a numerous and widespread animal, the dama gazelle was found from Morocco, Senegal and Mauritania eastward to the Sudan. It suffered a serious decline in recent years and is now found only in Chad, Mali and Niger (6). Recent surveys in these three countries found very few gazelles, making the dama one of the most threatened species in Africa (7) (8) (9) (10) (11). Captive-bred groups of the Mhorr gazelle have been reintroduced into fenced areas in Senegal, Morocco and Tunisia (12).

Although the dama gazelle normally inhabits grasslands and semi-desert, it is mainly found today in marginal areas on stony plains and plateaus, and mountain foothills (13) (14).