A large and heavily built gazelle living in arid areas of east Africa.

Subspecies
No official subspecies, although there are local differences between populations.

Statistics
140-166cm long, with a 20-28cm tail, standing 75-92cm high and weighing 38-82kg.

Physical description
Large gazelles with fawn upper parts and paler bellies. Both males and females have long, ridged horns although males' are longer and thicker. Some populations have a dark band on their flanks.

Distribution
Tanzania, Kenya and parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan.

Habitat
semi-desert to open savannah

Diet
Whatever is most green - grass, browse or fruit.

Behaviour
Grant's gazelles, like most gazelles, form mixed sex groups outside the breeding season. During breeding, males form batchelor groups, or try to defend individual territories. Males mark territories with dung and urine, but Grant's gazelle does not use a scent gland in front of the eye.

Conservation status
Listed as 'Lower Risk - Conservation Dependent' by the IUCN.