Thomson's gazelle
Amazing fact
Male Thomson’s gazelles use scent glands in front of their eyes to mark grasses and stems.
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Male Thomson’s gazelles use scent glands in front of their eyes to mark grasses and stems.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Thomson's gazelle
- Scientific name
- Eudorcas thomsonii
- Japanese name
- トムソンガゼル
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Eudorcas
It lives on dry, short-grass plains in eastern Africa, such as in Kenya and Tanzania.
A bold black stripe runs along its side, between its reddish-brown back and white belly.
When alarmed, it bounces with its head held high and legs stiff, signaling danger to the others.
How the Thomson's gazelle lives
They mainly eat short grasses, and also eat tree twigs, seeds and leaves during the dry season. Herd membership changes readily as groups split up and join together. They sometimes form mixed herds with impalas and Grant’s gazelles. Outside the breeding season, males sometimes form small bachelor herds.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Weight
- 15–35 kg
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Diet
- Short grasses, twigs, seeds and leaves from trees
- Range
- Kenya, Tanzania and southern Sudan in eastern Africa
Where the Thomson's gazelle has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- トムソンガゼル
- 简体中文
- 汤氏瞪羚
- 繁體中文
- 湯氏瞪羚
- 한국어
- 톰슨가젤
- Español
- Gacela de Thomson
- Français
- Gazelle de Thomson
- Deutsch
- Thomsongazelle
- Português (Brasil)
- Gazela-de-thomson
- Italiano
- Gazzella di Thomson
- العربية
- غزال طومسون
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Gazel thomson
- Русский
- Газель Томсона
- Türkçe
- Thomson ceylanı
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Eudorcas thomsoniiChecked: 2026-11-03
- よこはま動物園ズーラシア — ライオン担当者が見た、アフリカ紀行！～マサイマラ国立保護区・アフリカにシカはいない！？編～Checked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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