Chinkara

Gestation lasts 172 days, a litter has 1.22 young, and sexual maturity is reached at 1.5 years. The chinkara is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

15.6 kg – 22.3 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

18.3 years – 23.7 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

172 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.22src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

15.9 months – 20.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The chinkara is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusGazella
7. SpeciesGazella bennettii (Sykes, 1831)

Synonyms Antilope bennettii, Gazella bennettii bennettii

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Goitered gazelle

Gazella subgutturosa

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Dorcas gazelle

Gazella dorcas

Bovidae

I

Idmi

Gazella gazella

BovidaeNo free photo yet

E

Edmi

Gazella cuvieri

BovidaeNo free photo yet

R

Rhim

Gazella leptoceros

BovidaeNo free photo yet

M

Muscat gazelle

Gazella arabica

BovidaeNo free photo yet

CompareChinkara vs Goitered gazelleChinkara vs Dorcas gazelleChinkara vs IdmiChinkara vs Edmi

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@misc{chinkara_2026,
  title = {Chinkara (Gazella bennettii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinkara},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}