Dorcas gazelle

Gestation lasts 156 days, with reported values from 152 to 213 days, and the species has 1 litter per year, reaching sexual maturity at 1.6 years. The dorcas gazelle is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, a threatened category, and its lifespan is given as 20.8 years, with values up to 23.7 years.

Weight

15.6 kg – 47.4 kgsrc for Weight

Length

90 cm – 1.1 msrc for Length

Height

55 cm – 65 cmsrc for Height

Lifespan

20.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

23.7 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

desert, grasslandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

152 days – 213 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1 – 1.22src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

16.4 months – 20.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The dorcas gazelle is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusGazella
7. SpeciesGazella dorcas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Capra dorcas

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Goitered gazelle

Gazella subgutturosa

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Chinkara

Gazella bennettii

Bovidae

EN, Endangered

Mountain gazelle

Gazella gazella

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Cuvier's gazelle

Gazella cuvieri

Bovidae

EN, Endangered

Rhim gazelle

Gazella leptoceros

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Arabian gazelle

Gazella arabica

Bovidae

CompareDorcas gazelle vs Goitered gazelleDorcas gazelle vs ChinkaraDorcas gazelle vs Mountain gazelleDorcas gazelle vs Cuvier's gazelle

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@misc{dorcas_gazelle_2026,
  title = {Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dorcas-gazelle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}