Their story, personality and the details worth observing in person.
Meet Safi
Safi is an invented editorial name for this provisional profile. In the sample story, the animal curiously explores keeper-provided enrichment and often chooses the same quiet spot to rest. This individual profile does not describe a real specimen and will be replaced by Bioparco.
An individual, not just a species
The identity card of Safi
- Sex
- non specificato
- Origin
- The individual name, sex and story are invented provisional editorial content; scientific information refers to the species.
Verifiable facts and scientific language
Species profile
Dama gazelle
Nanger dama
The dama gazelle is a large, long-legged gazelle with white and reddish colouring.
- Class
- Mammalia
- Diet
- Herbivore
- IUCN status
- CR Critically Endangered Critically Endangered (CR) It faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. IUCN Red List classification
- Natural habitat
- Deserts, semi-deserts and arid steppes.
- Distribution
- The Sahel and Sahara, now in highly fragmented populations.
- Feeding
- Grasses, leaves and shrub shoots.
- Characteristics
- A large, long-legged gazelle with white and reddish colouring.
One fact to take home
Observe, connect, remember
It can stand on its hind legs to reach high leaves.