CHEETAHS ON THE HUNT
Masai Mara, Kenya
Featured in Big Cat Diary - series 6 from 2005
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RELATED INFORMATION
Common name
Species name
Gazella thomsonii
ARKive fact
Despite its limited distribution, the Thompson's gazelle is by far Africa's most abundant gazelle.
Conservation status
Near Threatened
Distribution
Occurs in Kenya and Tanzania, whilst subspecies G. t. albonotata inhabits south-eastern Sudan and possibly south-western Ethiopia.
Habitat
Inhabits dry grasslands and shrubby steppes. It prefers heavily grazed, trampled or burnt grasslands, or naturally open steppe, and can stay on pastures long after large herbivores have deserted it.
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