#0408 · 🦊 mammals

Thomson's Gazelle

🇳🇱 Thomsongazelle ·Eudorcas thomsonii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Thomson's gazelle ( Eudorcas thomsonii ) is one of the best-known gazelles. It is named after explorer Joseph Thomson and is sometimes referred to as a " tommie ". It is considered by some to be a subspecies of the red-fronted gazelle and was formerly considered a member of the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas , before Eudorcas was elevated to genus status. Thomson's gazelles can be found in numbers exceeding 550,000 in Africa and are recognized as the...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,990iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,990 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1884 (142 years ago).