Dorcas Gazelle

This definitive stamp highlights Mauritania’s rich desert biodiversity and natural heritage by featuring the elegant Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas). The vertical design captures the slender antelope standing alert in an arid environment, framed by stylized desert flora on a deep green backdrop. This imagery carries a powerful message of adaptation, graceful resilience, and wildlife conservation within the fragile Saharan and Sahelian zones. Issued by the sovereign Islamic Republic, the stamp promotes national environmental identity, elevating this iconic native species as a symbol of pride and natural preservation.