Antilopinae (antelopes, dik-diks, gazelles)
The animals in this subfamily are all small to medium-sized antelopes found in Africa and Eursia. Most species live in open, arid areas and are grazers. In most species, both the male and the female have horns. |
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World Status Key
 Least Concern  Near Threatened  Vulnerable  Endangered  Critically Endangered  Extinct in the Wild  Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.
US Status Key
 Threatened in US  Threatened in NH  Endangered in US  Endangered in NH  Breeds in NH  Introduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game
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Additional Information
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Dibatag - Ammodorcas clarkei 
The dibatag, also known as Clarke’s gazelle, is found in the sandy grasslands and scrub-covered plains of Ethiopia and Somalia.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Springbok - Antidorcas marsupialis
Both male and female springbok have lyre-shaped horns.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Springbok - Antidorcas marsupialis
The springbok is the only gazelle found south of the Zambezi river.
Source: Utah's Hogle Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Springbok - Antidorcas marsupialis
When the springbok is frightened or excited it springs straight up into the air!
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Blackbuck - Antilope cervicapra 
Blackbuck live on open woodlands and semi-desert areas in Pakistan and India.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Blackbuck - Antilope cervicapra
The male blackbuck has really, really long spiral horns. Really! Take a look!
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Beira Antelope Dorcatragus megalotis
Beira Antelope are found in northern Somalia, Djibouti, and eastern Ethiopia.
Source: Ultimate Ungulate Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Thomson's Gazelle - Eudorcas thomsonii
This small gazelle has a reddish-brown back and a white belly separated by a wide black strip It has white rings around its eyes and white stripes that run from its eyes to its nose.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Thomson's Gazelle - Eudorcas thomsonii
A male Thomson's gazelle will aggressively defend its territory and will attack another male with its horns.
Source: African Wildlife Foundation Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Thomson's Gazelle - Eudorcas thomsonii
Thomson's gazelles live in herds of between 10-100 individuals. When they migrate, they can gather in groups of thousands.
Source: Hogle Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Thomson's Gazelle - Eudorcas thomsonii
Thomson's gazelles are found on the plains and grasslands in Kenya, Tanzania, and southern Sudan.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Thomson's Gazelle - Eudorcas thomsonii
The Thomson's gazelle is named after explorer Joseph Thomson, and is sometimes called the "tommy."
Source: Brevard Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Cuvier's Gazelle - Gazella cuvieri
Cuvier's gazelle is currently only found in higher regions of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cuvier's Gazelle - Gazella cuvieri
Cuvier's Gazelle was once widespread in North Africa, but it is now extinct over most of its former range.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cuvier's Gazelle - Gazella cuvieri
Cuvier's gazelles are grazers, they move from place to place to finds food.
Source: The Living Desert Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Cuvier's Gazelle - Gazella cuvieri
Cuvier’s gazelles are the only gazelles to commonly give birth to twins. Learn more!
Source: St. Louis Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Dorcas Gazelle - Gazella dorcas
The Dorcas gazelle is the smallest gazelle.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Dorcas Gazelle - Gazella dorcas
The Dorcas gazelle is the smallest gazelle. It was once found in savannahs, semi-deserts and deserts over most of North Africa and east through the Middle East to Pakistan and India. It is now extinct in many parts of its former range.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Dorcas Gazelle - Gazella dorcas
The color of the Dorcas gazelle varies in different parts of its range. Learn more!
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Goitered Gazelle - Gazella subgutturosa
The goitered gazelle gets its name from a goiter-like swelling on its throat.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Goitered Gazelle - Gazella subgutturosa
The goitered gazelle is found in desert and semi-desert habitats, on plains, mountains valleys and plateaus from south of the Arabian Peninsula across the Middle East and Asia to Mongolia, China, and Pakistan.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mountain Gazelle - Gazella gazella
The mountain gazelle is found in mountainous and hilly areas of the Middle East.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Mountain Gazelle - Gazella gazella
The mountain gazelle has a long neck and long, delicate legs. It is tannish-brown on its back, head, and neck and has a white belly. A darker brown stripe runs between the brown back and white belly.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Slender-horned Gazelle - Gazella leptoceros
The slender-horned gazelle is a fawn colored gazelle with a white belly an a black tail. It has long, thin, pointed horns.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Slender-horned Gazelle - Gazella leptoceros
The slender-horned gazelle is found in dry, sandy areas of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Speke's Gazelle - Gazella spekei
Speke's gazelle is a small, delicate gazelle with a fawn-colored coat, a white belly, and white stripes that run from its forehead to nose. It has a dark brown stripe on its flanks and a dark stripe that runs from the inner corner of its eyes down its muzzle. It has big ears, big eyes and sharply pointed, ridged horns.
Source: Los Angeles Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Speke's Gazelle - Gazella spekei
Speke's gazelle is now only found in a small area in the coastal plain of Somalia and parts of Ethiopia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Gerenuk - Litocranius walleri
The gerenuk has a small head, large ears, long legs and a long, thin neck.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Gerenuk - Litocranius walleri
The name "gerenuk" mean "giraffe neck" in the Somali language!
Source: African Wildlife Foundation Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Gerenuk - Litocranius walleri
The gerenuk is found in dry, brushy areas of Somalia, eastern Ethiopia and Kenya.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Gerenuk - Litocranius walleri
The gerenuk stands on its hind legs and stretches out its long neck to reach leaves on trees and bushes.
Source: Los Angeles Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Günther's Dik-dik - Madoqua guentheri
Günther's dik-dik has a long, moveable trunk-nose!
Source: San Fransisco Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Günther's Dik-dik - Madoqua guentheri
Günther's dik-dik is more active at night, especially on moonlight nights. Learn more
Source: Binghamton Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Günther's Dik-dik - Madoqua guentheri
Günther's dik-dik can go for long periods without drinking water. They get the water they need from the plants they eat.
Source: Honolulu Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Günther's Dik-dik - Madoqua guentheri
Günther's dik-dik is found in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Kirk's Dik-dik - Madoqua kirkii
Only the male dik-dik has horns. Learn more.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Kirk's Dik-dik - Madoqua kirkii
Kirk's dik-dik has large dark eyes surrounded by a white ring. In the inside corner of each eye is a black spot that contains a gland that produces a secretion that the dik-dik uses to mark its territory.
Source: African Wildlife Foundation Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Kirk's Dik-dik - Madoqua kirkii
Kirks' dik-dik is only one and a half feet tall and weighs 6-11 pounds. Learn more.
Source: Fort Wayne's Children's Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Salt's Dik-dik - Madoqua saltiana
Salt's dik-dik is found from northeastern Sudan to northern and eastern Ethiopia, and throughout Somalia
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Dama Gazelle - Nanger dama
The Dama gazelle has thin legs, a long, slender neck, and long, S-shaped horns
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Dama Gazelle - Nanger dama
The Dama gazelle is also known as the Addra gazelle. It is found in the Sahara desert from Sudan to Mauritania.
Source: Maryland Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Dama Gazelle - Nanger dama
The Dama gazelle is the largest and rarest gazelle. There may only be a few hundred left in the wild.
Source: National Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Dama Gazelle - Nanger dama
The Dama gazelle eats shrubs, herbs, trees, and woody plants. Learn more.
Source: Oakland Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Dama Gazelle - Nanger dama
The Dama gazelle is a medium-sized gazelle with a long neck and long legs. It has a reddish brown coat. Its belly and rump are white. Both the males and the females have backwards-pointing, S-shaped horns.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Dama Gazelle - Nanger dama
The Dama gazelle grazes on grass and eats acacia leaves. it can stand on its hind legs, brace against a tree to reach vegetation.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Grant's Gazelle - Nanger granti
Grant's gazelle is a fawn-brown color on its back, sides, and neck. It has a white belly and white rump with black stripes that runs down each side of its rump. Learn more.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Grant's Gazelle - Nanger granti
Grant's gazelle is only found in eastern Africa.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Soemmerring's Gazelle - Nanger soemmerringii
Soemmerring's gazelle is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Learn more.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Soemmerring's Gazelle - Nanger soemmerringii
Soemmerring's gazelles live in groups of 5-20 individuals.
Source: Jacksonville Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bate's Pygmy Antelope - Neotragus batesi
Bate's pygmy antelope is very, very small, it stands only 1.5 feet tall and weighs a little over 5 pounds!
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Bate's Pygmy Antelope - Neotragus batesi
Bate's pygmy antelope has a reddish-brown coat with lighter undersides. It has a short neck, thin legs, big eyes, and a black nose
Source: Arkive Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Suni - Nesotragus moschatus
The suni antelope is a small antelope found in south-eastern coastal regions of Africa from south-eastern Kenya to north-eastern South Africa.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Klipspringer - Oreotragus oreotragus
The Klipspringer antelope walks on the tips of its hooves! Learn more.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Klipspringer - Oreotragus oreotragus
Klipspinger is Afrikaans for "rock jumper." Learn more.
Source: Honolulu Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Klipspringer - Oreotragus oreotragus
The Klipspringer antelope is found in steep, rocky areas in mountain ranges and river gorges from Ethiopia to the tip of South Africa.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Klipspringer - Oreotragus oreotragus
Only the male klipspringer has horns. Learn more.
Source: Brevard Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Oribi - Ourebia ourebi
The oribi is a small antelope with a fawn-colored coat, thin legs, a long neck, and long, oval-shaped ears.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Oribi - Ourebia ourebi
The oribi is a a solitary animals. They live alone or in pairs.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Oribi - Ourebia ourebi
The oribi antelope is found grasslands in central South Africa.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Mongolian Gazelle - Procapra gutturosa
The Mongolian gazelle is found in Mongolia and bordering parts of Russia and China. It migrates in large herds of 35,000-80,000 individuals.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Przewalski's Gazelle - Procapra przewalskii
Przewalski's Gazelle is found in China. It is yellowish-brown with a white rump.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Steenbok - Raphicerus campestris
The steenbok is found in the southern and eastern savanna of Africa.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Steenbok - Raphicerus campestris
The male steenbok has short, pointed horns. The female has no horns.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Steenbok - Raphicerus campestris
The steenbok is small antelope with large ears, delicate legs, and reddish-brown fur and a white belly and rump.
Source: St. Louis Zoo Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary Middle School
Cape Grysbok - Raphicerus melanotis
The Cape Gysbok is found in South Africa.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Cape Grysbok - Raphicerus melanotis
The Cape Grysbok has reddish-brown fur flecked with white and long, oval-shaped ears.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sharpe's Grysbok - Raphicerus sharpei
The Sharpe's grysbok is found from central and southern Tanzania to northeastern South Africa.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Mongolian Saiga - Saiga tatarica 
The saiga's most unique feature is a huge, flexible nose that hangs over its mouth!
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mongolian Saiga - Saiga tatarica
The saiga is found in the steppes and semi-desert regions of Southeastern Europe and Central Asia.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Mongolian Saiga - Saiga tatarica
The saiga looks like a cross between a sheep and an antelope. It has a large head, rounded ears, a fawn-colored coat, a white belly, and a white rump with a short tail. Only the male has horns.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Saving the Saiga - Saiga tatarica
See whats being done to save the saiga from extinction.
Source: National Geographic Kids Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
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