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title: "Przewalski's Gazelle"
description: "Procapra przewalskii — Mammiferi. Przewalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) is a member of the family Bovidae, and in the wild, is found only in China."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/przewalski-s-gazelle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Przewalski's Gazelle

> Procapra przewalskii — Mammiferi. Przewalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) is a member of the family Bovidae, and in the wild, is found only in China.

- Scientific name: *Procapra przewalskii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 118
- Wikidata: [Q382925](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382925)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42370](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42370)

## Names

- en: Przewalski's Gazelle
- de: Przewalskigazelle
- es: Gacela De Przewalski
- fr: Gazelle de Przewalski
- nl: Chinese steppegazelle
- pl: Dżereń Przewalskiego

## Countries with the most observations

CN (115)

## Summary

Przewalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) is a member of the family Bovidae, and in the wild, is found only in China. Once widespread, its range has declined to six populations near Qinghai Lake. The gazelle was named after Nikolai Przhevalsky, a Russian explorer who collected a specimen and brought it back to St. Petersburg in 1875.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/321905763

## Machine access

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