Speke's gazelle



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Some facts about the
Speke's gazelle

Adult weight : 20 kg (44 lbs)

Female maturity :511 days

Gestation : 197 days

Litter size : 1

Interval between litters : 205 days

Weight at birth : 1.253 kg (2.7566 lbs)

Source: AnAge, licensed under CC

Speke's gazelle

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Species : Gazella spekei

 

The Speke's gazelle is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Namings for the Speke
A young / baby of a Speke is called a 'calf'.
Countries
Ethiopia and Somalia

Facts about the Speke's gazelle

Known extent of occurrence Speke’s gazelle is restricted to a discontinuous range in the Somali highlands and a limited area of east Ethiopia (Wilson & Reeder, 1993; East, 1996). (Full text)

on the Owl Monkey 3 Templeton on Speke’s gazelle 4 The current world captive population of Speke’s gazelle is 20 after 18 years of breeding. (Full text)

Small and delicate, Speke's gazelles are brown, dog-sized antelope with white patches around the bases of their tails and on the backs of their thighs. (Full text)

Speke's Gazelle - Gazella spekei Speke's gazelle is native to Ethiopia and Somalia. (Full text)

The nose of the Speke's gazelle is its most unique feature - three to five folds of skin which lie just behind the nostrils across the bridge of the nose can be inflated into a sac the size of half of a tennis ball. (Full text)

1. Gazella, genus Gazella -- (typical gazelles)
Gazella
genus Gazella
(Source WordNet)

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