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Eudorcas thomsonii (Thomson's gazelle)

Synonyms: Gazella thomsonii

Wikipedia Abstract

The Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) is one of the best-known 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. Thomson's gazelles can be found in numbers exceeding 550,000 in Africa and are recognized as the most common type of gazelle in East Africa. The Thomson's Gazelle can reach speeds of 50 miles an hour. It is the second fastest animal on earth.
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Infraspecies

Eudorcas thomsonii nasalis
Eudorcas thomsonii thomsonii

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  55.116 lbs (25.00 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  5.732 lbs (2.60 kg)
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year
Male Maturity [4]  6 months
Gestation [1]  5 months 20 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  20 years
Migration [3]  Intracontinental
Snout to Vent Length [4]  37 inches (93 cm)
Speed [5]  47.49 MPH (21.23 m/s)
Weaning [1]  3 months 12 days

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Amboseli National Park National Reserve II 99624 Kenya
Lake Nakuru National Park II 46472 Kenya  
Serengeti-Ngorongoro Biosphere Reserve 5696026 Tanzania  
Tsavo National Park II 3232255 Kenya

Emblem of

Malawi
Swaziland

Prey / Diet

Senegalia nigrescens (knobthorn)[6]
Solanum tettense[6]
Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii (paperbark-thorn)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aepyceros melampus (impala)1
Diceros bicornis (black rhinoceros)1
Taurotragus oryx (eland)2
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu)1

Predators

Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah)[7]
Canis aureus (Golden Jackal)[8]
Lycaon pictus (African wild dog)[9]
Panthera leo (Lion)[10]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Leptospira interrogans[11]
Linognathus lewisi[7]
Rhipicephalus pulchellus (Yellow backed tick)[11]

External References

Citations

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♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
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♦ 86.2 Golden jackal, Canis aureus, Y.V. Jhala and P.D. Moehlman, Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 430 pp.
♦ 96.5 African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, R. Woodroffe, J.W. McNutt and M.G.L. Mills, Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 430 pp.
♦ 10Panthera leo, Sarah K. Haas, Virginia Hayssen, and Paul R. Krausman, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 762, pp. 1–11 (2005)
♦ 11Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
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