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title: "Dorcas Gazelle"
description: "Gazella dorcas — Mammiferi. The dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas), also known as the ariel gazelle, is a small and common gazelle."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dorcas-gazelle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dorcas Gazelle

> Gazella dorcas — Mammiferi. The dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas), also known as the ariel gazelle, is a small and common gazelle.

- Scientific name: *Gazella dorcas*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 957
- Wikidata: [Q387240](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387240)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42266](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42266)

## Names

- en: Dorcas Gazelle
- de: Dorkasgazelle
- es: Gacela Dorcas
- fr: Gazelle Dorcas
- nl: Dorcasgazelle
- pt: Gazela-dorcas
- pl: Gazela dorkas

## Countries with the most observations

IL (484), MA (60), DZ (31), NE (31), DJ (29), TD (24), ET (20), TN (12), SO (8), AE (7), EG (3)

## Summary

The dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas), also known as the ariel gazelle, is a small and common gazelle. The dorcas gazelle stands about 55–65 cm (1.8–2.1 feet) at the shoulder, with a head and body length of 90–110 cm (3–3.5 feet) and a weight of 15–20 kg (33–44 pounds). The numerous subspecies survive on vegetation in grassland, steppe, wadis, mountain desert and in semidesert climates of Africa and Arabia. About 35,000–40,000 exist in the wild.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas_gazelle

## Photo

![Dorcas Gazelle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dorcas-gazelle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160881079

## Machine access

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