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Thomson's gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii
-1.58948, 35.28
Field Notes
Description:
The graceful Thomson's gazelle is the most common gazelle in East Africa. It’s coat is light brown with white underparts and a distinctive black stripe on the side. A very vulnerable animal in the savanna, its best defense are its fine senses of smell, hearing and sight and its bounding leaps used to startle predators.
Habitat:
Savanna and grassland. Distribution: East Africa, especially the Serengeti and Masai Mara. Spotted here in the Siana Conservancy near the Masai mara. Find out more about this conservancy at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7298444
Notes:
The males (first shot) have strongly ridged horns curving backwards, while the females have short smooth horns or none. The white patch on their rump does not extend further up than the tail, which helps to distinguish them from Grant's gazelles, some of which also have a black stripe on the side (to make things more confusing, these two gazelle species often graze together). The second shot shows a fawn, while the 3rd and 4th shots show a female with fawn. Thomson's gazelles are a favorite prey of cheetahs. A common joke in the region is that they have the “double arches” of a well-know fast food outlet tattoed on their rump…
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