4 types of Gazelles in the Wild

4 types of Gazelles in the Wild

Fleet-footed antelopes, live in open country, and literature abounds with expressions which acknowledge the speed and gracefulness of these animals.  Males have larger horns than females

1>The Goitred Gazelle

Which lives in Persia and Central Asia, is so called because, in the breeding season, the male's neck swells to almost twice normal size; this swollen area resembles a goitre. 

The Goitred Gazelle is not very large, averaging only about 26 inches at its shoulders, but is runs very swiftly. Males have beautiful lyre-shaped horns. This antelope forages on grass and on the thick leaves of succulent desert plants.

2>Grant's Gazelle

That found in eastern Africa, may weigh as much as 150 pounds. Both sexes have long horns. Herds of these gazelles are common around water-holes. 

3>Thomson's Gazelle

That also found in East Africa, is reddish in colour but has distinctive  black-and-white mark-ings. Thomson's Gazelle has been a much-hunted game animal for many years in Kenya and Tanganyika

4>Gerenuks

 It found of eastern Africa, have large heads with thick horns on very long, thin necks. They stand on their  hind legs to reach up for leaves.

Herds of many thousands of Springboks were once common in South Africa, but are now much rarer. They are found as far north as Angola. Like Impalas, these animals are good jumpers and can leap as much as eight feet high. Impalas, which stand only about three feet tall at their shoulders, are found in South and East Africa. In horizontal jumps, they can span 35 feet.

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