Mountain gazelle

Weight

22.8 kg – 35.3 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

19.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

20.8 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

152 days – 213 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1 – 1.48src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

15.6 months – 22.5 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.25src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The mountain gazelle is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very 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 gazella (Pallas, 1766)

Synonyms Antilope gazella, Gazella gazella gazella

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Goitered gazelle

Gazella subgutturosa

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Chinkara

Gazella bennettii

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Dorcas gazelle

Gazella dorcas

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Cuvier's gazelle

Gazella cuvieri

Bovidae

EN, Endangered

Rhim gazelle

Gazella leptoceros

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Arabian gazelle

Gazella arabica

Bovidae

CompareMountain gazelle vs Goitered gazelleMountain gazelle vs ChinkaraMountain gazelle vs Dorcas gazelleMountain gazelle vs Cuvier's gazelle

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@misc{mountain_gazelle_2026,
  title = {Mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-gazelle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}