Thomson's gazelle

Gestation lasts 170.7 days (from 152.2 to 182.6 days), with 1 young per litter and 1.5 litters per year; sexual maturity is reached at 1 year. Its lifespan is 14.84 years, up to 20 years, and it is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

22.9 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

14.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

20 years

Main food

grasssrc for Main food

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

152 days – 183 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

5.91 months – 2 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.5src 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 thomson's gazelle 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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusEudorcas
7. SpeciesEudorcas thomsonii (Günther, 1884)

Synonyms Eudorcas thomsonii thomsonii, Gazella thomsonii

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Red-fronted gazelle

Eudorcas rufifrons

Bovidae

DD, Data Deficient

Red gazelle

Eudorcas rufina

Bovidae

M

Mongalla gazelle

Eudorcas albonotata

BovidaeNo free photo yet

E

Eritrean gazelle

Eudorcas tilonura

BovidaeNo free photo yet

S

Serengeti Thomson's gazelle

Eudorcas nasalis

BovidaeNo free photo yet

CompareThomson's gazelle vs Red-fronted gazelleThomson's gazelle vs Red gazelleThomson's gazelle vs Mongalla gazelleThomson's gazelle vs Eritrean gazelle

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@misc{thomsons_gazelle_2026,
  title = {Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thomsons-gazelle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}