Common name : White antelope, Screwhorn antelope
Scientific name : Addax nasomaculatus
Family : Bovidae
Native to : African Sahara
Interesting fact : Rare in natural habitat, but commonly found in captivity, due to breeding.
Conservation status : Critically Endangered
The females are smaller in size than the males; the coats of either sex change colour according to the season, greyish-brown in winter, and white in summer. They adapt to the desert by eating shrubs; the most prominent diet feature is that they can live without water for long periods. Breeding takes place in peak winters and early spring.
