Grant’s gazelle Swala granti in Swahili is a type of antelope indigenous to Eastern Africa. Grant’s gazelle Swahili, its name from Lieutenant-Colonel James Augustus Grant. A Scottish explorer of Equatorial Africa in the 19th century.
The Grants gazelle resembles Thomson’s gazelles. However, it’s noticeably larger and easily distinguished by the broad white patch on the rump that extends upward onto the back. The white patch on the Thomson’s gazelle stops at the tail.
Some varieties of Granti’s have a black stripe on each side of the body like the Thomson’s. But all have a black stripe that runs down the thigh. In others, the stripe is very light or absent.
We often find these gazelles in mixed groups alongside other herbivores, e.g., Wildebeest, Zebras, and Thomson’s Gazelle. They may occur in large numbers (up to 500 individuals) in suitable areas. Like most gazelles, they are a migratory species.
But are especially fond of open grass plains, and although they frequent bushy savannas, they avoid areas of high grass. The largest population of Grant’s Gazelles occupies the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania with about 35,000-55,000. Grants are widespread throughout their range in East Africa — from southern Sudan and Ethiopia to Tanzania and from the Kenya/Somali coast to Lake Victoria.
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