Addax (Addax Nasomaculatus), White Antelope Or Screwhorn Antelope, Zoologic Stock Image

The addax (Addax nasomaculatus), also known as the white antelope and the screwhorn antelope, is an antelope of the genus Addax, native to Sahara desert. Family:Bovidae; order: Artiodactyla; class: Mammalia. Although extremely rare in its native habitat due to unregulated hunting, it is quite common in captivity. The addax was once abundant in North Africa, native to Chad, Mauritania and Niger. It is extinct in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Western Sahara. It has been reintroduced in Morocco and Tunisia.