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Fast Facts:

Tibetan Gazelle

Scientific Name Gazella Procapra Picticaudata
Classification Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia
Status Endangered due to overhunting. Fewer than 150 left in the world.
Range Tibet, highlands of Central China
Habitat Dry grasslands
Diet Grasses
Size Height: 2 feet
Weight: 50 lbs.
Lifespan
Location
Print Fact Sheet Tibetan Gazelle

Special Features

  • Males have long, tapering, ringed horns up to 14 inches long.
  • A very wary and swift animal that scrapes out a bedding place in the grounds.


Social Structure & Behavior

Breeding:
Mating season in December. Single offspring.

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