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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Thomson's gazelle

Eudorcas thomsonii (Günther, 1884)

Thomson's gazelle is one of the best known species of gazelles. It is named after explorer Joseph Thomson and is sometimes referred to as a "tommie". It is considered by some to be a subspecies of the red-fronted gazelle and was formerly considered a member of the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas, before Eudorcas was elevated to genus status.

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Also called
Eudorcas thomsonii, Thomson’s gazelle
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
23 kg
Body length
0.93 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
20 years
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Everything we know about the Thomson's gazelle

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Body mass
23 kg
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  • 25 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.93 m
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Brain mass
90 g
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Maximum lifespan
20 years
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Generation length
6 years
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Age at maturity
1.1 years
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Gestation
171 days
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Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Population density
5.95 per km²
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Volume l
23 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Thomson's gazelle yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Thomson-Gazelle (de), Gazelle de Thomson (fr), gazelopka sawannowa (pl), 톰슨가젤 (ko), צבי תומסון (he), Eudorcas thomsonii (es) … and 24 more languages
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