Thomsons Gazelle

Description:

Thomson's gazelles are 53 to 67 cm (21 to 26 in) tall and weigh 13 to 24 kg (29 to 53 lb) (females), 17 to 29 kg (37 to 64 lb) (males). They have light brown coats with white underparts and a distinctive black stripe. Their horns are long and pointed with slight curvature. The white patch on their rump extends to underneath the tail but no further. A mistake sometimes made is the misidentification of Grant's gazelles as Thomson's gazelles. Although some Grant's do have the black stripe running across their sides, the white on their rump always extends above the tail.

Habitat:

Thomson's gazelles live in Africa's savannas and grassland habitats, particularly the Serengeti region of Kenya and Tanzania. It has narrow habitat preferences being confined to short grassland with dry firm footing.[4] It does, however, move into tall grassland and dense woodland during migration.[4] Gazelles are mixed feeders.[4] In the wet seasons, gazelles eat primarily lush green grasses,[5] but during the dry seasons it starts to eat more browse[4][5] particularly foliage, bushes, forbs, and clovers.