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Fast Facts:
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The wide hooves have flat soles and may be spread widely, which, along with the well-developed dewclaws, prevent the Addax from sinking in sand.
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It is a short-legged runner and cannot run fast.
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The meat and the skin of the addax are prized by local people, who use the hides for shoes and sandal soles.
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Special Features
- The spiraled horns are found in both sexes.
- The short, glossy coat is off-white to pale grayish brown in color and is lighter in the summer and darker in the winter. The rump, belly, limbs, and lips are pure white. There is a white 'X'-shaped blaze on the face, and a mat of dense, dark hair on the forehead. Long hairs on the throat form a scraggly beard.
- Get water from the moisture in their food and rarely if ever drinks water.
- The body temperature of the addax varies during the day and this lessens the need for sweating, and thus conserves water.
Social Structure & Behavior
Nocturnal, the Addax will dig "beds" in the sand with their forefeet in which to rest during the day and to protect themselves from the wind and glaring sun.
. Nomadic, always searching for food.
Live in mixed herds of 2-20 animals. Hierarchy is determined by age.
Reproduction
Sexual maturity is 1.5 years for females and 3 years for males.
Gestation is 8.5 months resulting in a single birth. Female addax leave the herd a few days prior to the birth of their calf and are typically accompanied by an adult male, whom remains with the female and calf for some time after birth. The reddish brown calf is born primarily in winter and spring.
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