Thomsons Gazelle By Hailey Thompson Animal Facts Description

Thomson’s Gazelle By: Hailey Thompson

Animal Facts Description Thomson’s Gazelle colors are black on the horns. They have black around the eyes then white around the black. White at the bottom of the belly black at the top of the belly. The rest of the Gazelle is tan. This Gazelle can grow to 2 feet long , 22 to 26 inches long at the shoulder! They can weigh to 35 to 55 pounds! This Gazelle has beautiful soft fur. Here is something interesting about there body, there horns have swirls in them. Diet A Thomson’s Gazelle is a herbivore. It eats grass, herbs , leaves and roots. Sometimes it even eats seeds. A pic showing your animal. Movement This Gazelle walks and runs. Sense one of its predators is a cheetah it needs to run very fast. It can run to 60 miles per hour!

Habitat Map showing where your animal lives Picture showing your animal in its habitat. A Thomson’s Gazelle lives in East Africa. Its habitat is very, very hot. It lives in a part of the grassland that the grass is so tall you can only see some parts of it. It adapts to its habitat by that some plants it eats has water in it.

Life Cycle A baby is born during mating season. When it is ready to come out it just falls out into the mud. There is only one baby born at a time. It takes at least 5 -7 months to be born. The mother takes care of her baby for 8 months. llllllllllllllllllllll A picture of the animal as a grown/ mature animal. A picture of the animal as a baby or young. This Gazelle looks like a deer when it is born. A special name for this Gazelle when it is born is called a fawn. The adults live in groups called herds. They have at least 10 Gazelles in herds. The adults live for 20 years .

Animal Interactions This Gazelle protects it self by its coat blends in with its surrounding. It communicates by following the leader. But if they don’t know who the leader should be they lock there horns and fight. A Thomson Gazelle mane predator is a cheetah. Pic of enemy, predator, prey, etc. Pic of animal adaptation that allows it to protect itself This gazelle protects its self by camouflaging. Its predators are Cheetahs, Lions, Leopards, Hunting Dogs, and humans. It gets along with other animals by staying and playing.

Interesting Facts Fact # 1 A Thomson’s Gazelle is most common in East Africa. A pic to accompany fact #1 A pic to accompany fact #2 Fact # 2 This Gazelle got its name by animal researcher Joseph Thomson. Fact # 3 There horns can grow to 17 inches long! A pic to accompany fact #3