Nyala: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the nyala lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tragelaphus angasii
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the nyala live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the nyala in 5 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the nyala endangered?

The nyala’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the nyala?

The nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Tragelaphus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the nyala

The lowland nyala or simply nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) is a spiral-horned artiodactyl antelope native to Southern Africa. The species is part of the family Bovidae and the genus Tragelaphus (formerly placed in the genus Nyala, now regarded as a subgenus). It was first described in 1849 by George French Angas and exhibits the highest sexual dimorphism among the spiral-horned antelopes. It is not to be confused with the endangered mountain nyala living in the Bale region of Ethiopia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nyala (revision 1378072920), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q239032 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).