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Location:

Outer Africa Trail across from Baboons

Nyala

  • Rusk (M) 4/29/2020

  • Biscuit (M) 5/23/2020

Identifying Features:

History:

  • All three were born at Disney's Animal Kingdom to different parents the same year.

  • Our 3rd Nyala, Rye (M) 2/21/2020, was transferred to San Diego Safari Park in March or April of 2025.

More Information:

  • Graze and brows. Eat leaves, twigs, flowers and fruits.

  • During rainy season, they mainly eat the fresh grass

  • Nyala sometimes follow feeding babons, taking advantage of the fruits and leaves that the baboons dislodge from trees.

  • Large males weigh over 250 lbs.

  • Raise white fur on back for breeding displayt or predator alarm

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