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title: "Grant's Gazelle"
description: "Nanger granti — Mammals. Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti) is a relatively large species of gazelle antelope, distributed from northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/grant-s-gazelle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Grant's Gazelle

> Nanger granti — Mammals. Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti) is a relatively large species of gazelle antelope, distributed from northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria.

- Scientific name: *Nanger granti*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 3084
- Wikidata: [Q735222](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735222)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74724](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74724)

## Names

- en: Grant's Gazelle
- de: Grantgazelle
- es: Gacela de Grant
- fr: Gazelle de Grant
- nl: Grantgazelle
- pt: Gazela-de-grant
- pl: Gazelka masajska

## Countries with the most observations

KE (1720), TZ (1044), ET (86), SS (3)

## Summary

Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti) is a relatively large species of gazelle antelope, distributed from northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria. Its Swahili name is swala granti. It was named for a 19th-century Scottish explorer, James Grant.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s_gazelle

## Photo

![Grant's Gazelle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grant-s-gazelle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226735059

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grant-s-gazelle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).