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Gazelle
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
name for the many species of delicate, graceful antelopes of the genus Gazella, inhabiting arid, open country.
Gazelles are medium-sized antelopes that have long, ringed horns. Small herds of gazelles live on dry, African grasslands. Gazelles have a 10 to 12 year life span in the wild and up to 17 years in captivity.
Gazelles are small, usually between 2 and 3 ft. high at the shoulder, Fleet animals, generally fawn in color. Some are strikingly marked and with black and white. In many the horns are ringed and curved backwards.
Gazelles are medium-sized antelopes found in Africa and in Asia as far east as Mongolia. There are some 19 different species of gazelles.
A gazelle is an antelope of the genus Gazella. Gazelles are known as swift animals; they are able to reach high speeds for long periods of time.
Gazelle:
Awareness
Gazelles travel at high speed, but aren't as fast as their principal predator, the cheetah. They overcome this disadvantage with the ability to zigzag.
Dama Gazelle
Gazella dama
Also Called: Addra Gazelle or Mhorr Gazelle
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Addra Gazelle
(Dama gazelle)
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Scientific Name:
Gazella dama ruficollis
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Gazelle
Gazelles (Gazella) are slender, graceful Antelopes belonging to the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla ...
Gazelle calves are born after a gestation period (pregnancy) of six months. They weigh 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 pounds at birth. Their mothers wean them after two to three months.
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The gazelles can reach speeds of 40 mph and can jump as high as 6.5 feet and as far as 20 feet. They are also strong swimmers.
In a single year an individual gazelle can roam over 7,000 square miles.
The gazelles vary their diet according to the season. They eat herbs, foliage from shrubs, short grasses and shoots. Grant's gazelles are not restricted to certain habitats by a dependency on water, but obtain the moisture they need from their food.
Dama gazelle, Addra gazelle
Taxonomy Nanger dama [Pallas, 1766]. Citation: Misc. Zool., p. 5. Type locality: Africa, near Lake Chad.
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Dama gazelles form mixed herds of 10 to 20 animals which roam widely to find enough vegetation and water to survive.
Dama gazelles are the focus of a new conservation project for Zoo scientists who will be working to save it from extinction by increasing the population of dama gazelles in captivity, ...
Dama gazelles move into the Sahara in the wet season and out of the Sahara (both north and south) to moister parts of their range for the dry season.
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Mhorr gazelles can weigh as much as 188 pounds, with males being larger than females.
Conservation Status
On the 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Mhorr gazelle is listed as Critically Endangered.
Grant's gazelles resemble Thomson's gazelles, and the two species are often seen together.
Mhorr's gazelle is also referred to as the western dama gazelle. Dama gazelles are known for having extremely long legs, which raises their body off the hot desert sand to keep them cool.
The Dama Gazelle extends its feeding envelope by standing on its back legs to browse and shrub and tree foliage up to six feet above ground level.
Thomson's gazelles are found mainly in Tanzania and Kenya, and there's a small population in southern Sudan. They form herds of up to 200 individuals, but form much looser groups while migrating.
The dama gazelle is the largest gazelle. The head, hindquarters, and the underbelly of this gazelle are white. The neck and back are a uniform reddish to chestnut color though there is a large color variation within the species.
Gazelles (Gazella), which form by far the largest genus of the subfamily, are inhabitants of open and frequently more or less desert districts.
Gazelle
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GAZELLE
Gazelles live in herds in Africa.
GERBIL
Gerbils are small rodents that some people keep as pets.
Gazelle, Wildebeest, Hare
Predators:
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Staples Gazelles, wildebeest calves, impalas and smaller hoofed animals
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Goitered Gazelle
Gazella subgutterosa
Far-ranging and versatile, tiny goitered gazelles thrive under a wide variety of conditions, from hot summer sun to blustery winter snows.
Thomson's gazelles are small gazelles, the typical weight range is 15 to 35 kg. Males are larger overall, ranging in weight from 20 to 35 kg, females are from 15 to 25 kg.
Mongolian gazelle (P. gutturosa) Â- Goa (P. picticaudata) Â- Przewalski's Gazelle (P. przewalskii)
Saigini
Pantholops ...
Carnivore. Gazelles, elands, and other small to medium size antelope; hares, peacocks, rodents, jackals, dogs, monkeys, bush pigs, sheep, goats, fish, insects, snakes.
Predators and Threats
Humans.
Antelopes, gazelles, warthogs, smaller carnivores, and occasionally Cape buffalo, giraffe, and young elephants
GESTATION:
98-105 days; on average 2-4 cubs born ...
Food: young gazelles, rodents, hares, birds, eggs, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects & fruit. Sometimes carrion (dead animals).
The Cuvier's gazelle is classified as a member of the order Artiodactyla (Even-Toed Hoofed Mammals) and is a member of the family Bovidae.
Wildebeest were the most commonly hunted species, with Zebra and antelope such as the Thompson's Gazelle also making up a significant proportion of their diet.
Diet: Wildebeest, Zebra, Impala, Antelope, and Gazelle..
DID YOU KNOW?
A lion's territory is determined by the size of the pride and the availability of prey and water.
Lionesses are ferocious when defending their cubs.
Giraffes can live in the same area as gazelles because they eat different plants and don't compete with each other. Dung beetles bury the feces of these animals and lay their eggs in it. The hatching grubs feed on the feces.
Tigers eat almost only meat: they hunt wild boar, deer, cattle, gazelle, and other grassland animals. Unlike some other mammals, the tiger hunts alone. It will start as the sun goes down for the evening, following its prey for up to 20 miles.
The grasslands of Africa support large herds of animals-elephants, antelope and gazelles. These animals graze on the abundant plants that grow there.
About Gerenuk
This African Gazelle has a very long neck and stands on its back legs to feed off of trees and shrubs. It uses its front legs to keep steady and to pull branches within reach.
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The cheetah is carnivorous, and its diet consists of animals such as gazelles, wildebeests, impalas, rabbits, birds and warthogs. Cheetahs, unlike lions or hyenas, prefer to hunt during the day.
In the wild: A lions prey usually consists of wildebeest, zebra and various ungulates (giraffes, buffalo and gazelles). Occasionally, lions will hunt young elephants, rhinoceros or hippopotamus.
Cheetahs rely on a burst of speed to catch such swift prey as gazelles, wildebeest calves, impalas and smaller hoofed animals, knocking their prey to the ground and delivering a suffocating bite to the neck.
Diet (wild):
carnivore: antelopes, gazelles, warthogs, smaller carnivores, and occasionally Cape buffalo, giraffe, and young elephants
Diet (zoo):
carnivore diet ...
Cheetahs are carnivores. Their prey includes gazelles, young wildebeest, impala and hares.
Habitat:
Cheetahs live in semi-desert and grassland habitats in Africa and West Africa.
: Carnivorous: Diet consists of mainly medium-sized antelope, such as Grant's and Thompson's gazelles, springbok and impala. The young of larger mammals, such as wildebeests and zebras are also taken.
In the wild, their most important prey are medium-sized hoofed animals such as gazelles, impalas and waterbucks. Having eaten their fill, cheetahs rarely return to the kill and will eat carrion only under dire circumstances.
Subantarctic fur seal breeding colonies overlap with the Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazelle, habitat and there is evidence of some inter-breeding between these species at Marion and Macquarie Islands.
Anything - including wildebeest, gazelles, buffalo, wild dogs and lions. Their predators are other crocodiles and humans.
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FAMILY: Bovidae (antelope, cattle, gazelle, sheep, goats, and relatives)
GENUS/SPECIES: Bos grunniens
Size: Average: 6.5 ft (2 m) ...
Diet: Opportunistic omnivores, Jackals cooperatively hunt small or young antelopes such as dikdiks or Thomson's gazelles or even domestic sheep. They also eat snakes and other reptiles, insects, ground-dwelling birds, fruits, berries and grass.
The Springbok is South Africa’s national animal and the only southern African gazelle. They are found in open, dry bush, grasslands or riverbeds near water.
The Tibetan Plateau shelters a wide array of unique species, including the Tibetan antelope, Tibetan gazelle, wild yak, blue sheep, snow leopard, brown bear, Bengal tiger and black-necked crane.
A pioneer in the grazer community, first to enter tall or wet pastures, followed by wildebeests and gazelles after zebras have trampled and cropped the grass shorter; ...
Thanks to Nancy Rosner for correcting my original misidentification; I had them listed as Grant's Gazelles, but the adult females in that species have small horns, whereas adult female Impala have none.
Larger herbivores are not hunted, although there are some reports of Secretary Birds killing young gazelles.
The Red Book of Endangered Species includes Grevy's zebra and Hartmann's mountain zebra, Przewalski's horse, the Malayan tapir, babirusa, vicugna, Formosan sika deer, addax, Barbary sheep, dama gazelle, lechwe, gaur, anoa, ...
Other mammals which inhabit the ecosystem include lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, buffalo, wildebeest, gazelle and a number of other antelope species.
 See also: Antelope, Cheetah, Zebra, Leopard, Wildebeest
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