One of the 7 gazelles on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Soemmerring's Gazelle
Nanger soemmerringii
Vulnerable
At high risk of extinction in the wild over the medium term.
Soemmerring's gazelle is a large gazelle of the Horn of Africa, with a strongly contrasting black and white facial mask and thick horns that curve inwards at the tips. It lives in herds on the arid plains of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan. Its populations have fallen sharply because of hunting, the armed conflicts of the region and competition with livestock, and today most of them survive in isolated pockets.
Weight
35 kg – 45 kg
Size
1.3 m – 1.5 m
Life expectancy
14 years
