The Mongolian gazelle, Procapra gutturosa, or dzeren, is a medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, southern Siberia and northern China. The name dzeren is the Russian spelling of the Buryat word zeeren. It is not a true gazelle: with the Tibetan gazelle and Przewalski's gazelle it forms the genus Procapra in the tribe Antilopini of the family Bovidae. It has a fluffier coat than true gazelles, tawny light brown in summer, with a heart-shaped white rump patch, and males have lyre-shaped horns that curl backwards. It is an extremely capable long-distance runner and a good swimmer. It lives on flat or undulating steppes and dry grasslands, is active by day in winter, and has been hunted for millennia. Its conservation status is least concern.
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The Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa), or dzeren (Russian: дзерен), is a medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, southern Siberia and northern China.
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The Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa), or dzeren (Russian: дзерен), is a medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, southern Siberia and northern China.
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The estimated global range of the Mongolian gazelle is 746,281 km2, of which 91% is in Mongolia (681,863 km2), 5% in China (34,718 km2) and 4% in Russia (29,700 km2).
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However, the conservation status is at least concern.
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The Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa), or dzeren (Russian: дзерен), is a medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, southern Siberia and northern China.
Behavior
In the winter, they are mostly diurnal, but in the summer, they are active shortly after sunrise and before sunset.
Relationship with humans, relationship to people
They have been hunted for millennia: a passage in the 13th-century Secret History of the Mongols tells how a young Shigi Qutuqu managed to round up a herd of gazelles in a winter blizzard.
Distribution and habitat
They thrive in flat or undulating steppes and dry grasslands, with a preference for steppe and desert steppe habitats adorned with clusters of vegetation.
Distribution and habitat, where it lives
The estimated global range of the Mongolian gazelle is 746,281 km2, of which 91% is in Mongolia (681,863 km2), 5% in China (34,718 km2) and 4% in Russia (29,700 km2).
Child Taxon Of: Bovidae, Taxonomy
Rather, these three procaprid antelope species are placed together in their own genus, Procapra, falling under the tribe of Antilopini (of the subfamily Antilopinae), under the greater Bovidae family of the Artiodactyla Order.
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Maximum longevity 12 years (captivity)
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The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
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