Species group · Mammals
Gazelles
WAnimals has 7 species of gazelle, all in the family Bovidae.
- 7 species
- 1 family
- 73 countries
- 34 parks
- Weight
- 10 kg – 80 kg
- Length
- 55 cm – 1.7 m
- Lifespan
- 10 – 15 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 7.
All 7 species of gazelles on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Near ThreatenedThomson's Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii
Least ConcernGrant's Gazelle
Nanger granti
VulnerableDorcas Gazelle
Gazella dorcas
VulnerableGoitered Gazelle
Gazella subgutturosa
Dama Gazelle
Nanger dama
Arabian Sand Gazelle
Gazella marica
Soemmerring's Gazelle
Nanger soemmerringii
Conservation status
5 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 73 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Macizo de Ennedi3 species
- Parque Nacional de Tassili n'Ajjer3 species
- Reservas Naturales del Air y Tenere3 species
- Ahaggar2 species
- Amboseli2 species
- Bou-Hedma2 species
- Jebil2 species
- Ngorongoro2 species
- Parque Nacional del Serengeti2 species
- Reserva Nacional Masái Mara2 species
- Altyn Emel1 species
- Awash1 species
Did you know…
It uses a distinctive zigzag escape run to shake off a pursuer.
From Thomson's Gazelle
It feeds on nutritious short grasses, shoots and leaves.
From Thomson's Gazelle
It lives in the short dry grassland and shrub savanna of Kenya and Tanzania, including the Serengeti and the Maasai Mara.
From Thomson's Gazelle
It can go its whole life without drinking, living off the water in plants.
From Grant's Gazelle
It tolerates body temperatures that would be fatal to almost any other mammal, an adaptation to the extreme heat of its plains.
From Grant's Gazelle
It does not need to drink: it gets all its water from plants, and on migration it moves in the opposite direction to most African ungulates, away from water.
From Grant's Gazelle
It can go its whole life without drinking, taking its water from plants.
From Dorcas Gazelle
It can go its whole life without drinking a drop: it takes its water from leaves, shoots and dew, and its kidneys concentrate the urine to a degree very few mammals reach.
From Dorcas Gazelle