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On the wall: 1,000 or fewer left in the wild
Addax
about130
Estimate, no range, in its survey area
December 2025
Addax nasomaculatus
Chad (reintroduced, Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim reserve) and Niger (native remnant)
Counted December 2025, by Sahara Conservation.
The latest figure for the addax is about 130, an estimate with no range, counted December 2025 by Sahara Conservation, and it covers Chad's Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim reserve only.
About 130 addax live in Chad's reserve, where the species was reintroduced; Niger's hunted wild remnant was not counted.
How it was counted
Sahara Conservation's surveys on the ground put the addax in the reserve at about 130 animals as of December 2025, its best figure, published without a range. The surveys cover only the area in Chad where the species was reintroduced; Niger's wild remnant was not counted.
This is an estimate published without a range, so it reads as about 130 addax in Chad's reserve rather than exactly 130.
What moves it
Sahara Conservation reports that Niger's wild addax are hunted from all-terrain vehicles; those animals are outside this figure, which covers Chad's reserve only.
- hunting from all-terrain vehicles in Niger. Source: Sahara Conservation, Annual Report 2025.
Who is helping
Sahara Conservation has reintroduced addax into the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim reserve in Chad, and groups have since moved north into the desert proper.
The next count
The count's schedule is annual (report): the next figure is expected in Sahara Conservation's next report, and no date for it is known as of 12 November 2026.
Sources
- Sahara Conservation, Annual Report 2025 Last checked 12 November 2026.
What changed
- 12 November 2026 Added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 130 (Estimate, no range, December 2025).
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