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Slender Gazelles
Gazella
A gazelle is one of many antelope species in the genus Gazella . There are also seven species included in two further genera; Eudorcas and Nanger, which were formerly considered subgenera of Gazella. A third former subgenus, Procapra, includes three living species of Asian gazelles.
Gazelles are known as swift animals. Some can run at bursts as high as 100 km/h (60 mph) or run at a sustained speed of 50 km/h (30 mph). Gazelles are found mostly in the deserts, grasslands, and savannas of Africa, but they are also found in southwest and central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. They tend to live in herds, and eat fine, easily digestible plants and leaves.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Mountain Gazelle
speciesGazella gazella
Dorcas Gazelle
speciesGazella dorcas
Indian Gazelle
speciesGazella bennettii
Goitered Gazelle
speciesGazella subgutturosa
Arabian Gazelle
speciesGazella arabica
Sand Gazelle
speciesGazella marica
Cuvier's Gazelle
speciesGazella cuvieri
Speke's Gazelle
speciesGazella spekei
Rhim Gazelle
speciesGazella leptoceros
Saudi Arabian Gazelle
speciesGazella saudiya
Queen of Sheba's Gazelle
speciesGazella bilkis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42251.