Editing Addax (section)

==Taxonomy and naming==
The scientific name of the addax is ''Addax nasomaculatus''. This antelope was first [[Species description|described]] by French zoologist and anatomist [[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Henri Blainville]] in 1816. It is placed in the [[monotypic]] genus ''Addax'' and the family [[Bovidae]].<ref name=MSW3/> Henri Blainville observed [[Type (biology)#Syntype|syntypes]] in [[William Bullock (collector)|Bullock's Pantherion]] and the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. English naturalist [[Richard Lydekker]] stated their type locality to be probably [[Senegambia]], though he did not have anything to support the claim. Finally, from a discussion in 1898, it became more probable that British hunters or collectors obtained the addax from the part of the [[Sahara]] in [[Tunisia]].<ref name=MSW3/>

The [[Genus|generic name]] ''Addax'' is thought to be obtained from an [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word meaning a wild animal with crooked horns.<ref name=uu/> It is also thought to have originated from a [[Latin language|Latin]] word. The name was first used in 1693.<ref name=mw>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Entry ''Addax''|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addax|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]]|access-date=13 January 2013|archive-date=1 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201224857/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addax|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] ''nasomaculatus'' comes from the Latin words ''nasus'' (or the prefix ''naso-'') meaning nose, and ''maculatus'' meaning spotted, referring to the spots and facial markings of the species. Bedouins use another name for the addax, the Arabic ''bakr'' (or ''bagr'') ''al wahsh'', which literally means "the cow of the wild". That name can be used to refer to other [[ungulate]]s as well.<ref name=Krausman2007/><ref name=uu>{{cite web|last=Huffman |first=B. |title=Addax |url=http://www.ultimateungulate.com/artiodactyla/addax_nasomaculatus.html |publisher=Ultimate Ungulate |access-date=13 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410011526/http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Addax_nasomaculatus.html |archive-date=10 April 2013 }}</ref> The other common names of addax are "white antelope" and "screwhorn antelope".<ref name=iwe>{{cite book|last=Burton|first=M.|title=International Wildlife Encyclopedia|year=2002|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|location=New York|isbn=978-0-7614-7266-7|pages=24–5|edition=3rd|author2=Burton, R.}}</ref>