Gazella granti (English spelling) Gazellagranti

Japanese: Gazella granti(英語表記)Gazellagranti
Gazella granti (English spelling) Gazellagranti

…[Yoshinori Imaizumi]. …

From Grant's Gazelle

...Antelope of the bovidae family (illustration). A medium-sized antelope that lives in the savannah of East Africa. Both males and females have large horns in proportion to their body size, a light yellowish brown body color, and a prominent white marking on their rump. Body length is 1-1.2m, tail length 12-14cm. Male horns are usually 55cm long, with particularly large ones reaching nearly 80cm. Female horns are thin and short. They live in herds of several dozen animals, or 200-400 animals or more in the dry season, in dry grasslands with good visibility and shrubs.

From [Antelope]

...Most of them are sandy-colored and distributed in Africa and Asia. There are 18 species in 6 genera, including the blackbuck ( Antilope cervicapra) , which is found in India and has a black body in males, the springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) , which has the habit of jumping high when alert, escaping, or playing, the Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa) , which is found in Central Asia and can run at 96 km per hour, the Grant's gazelle (Gazella granti) , which is targeted by many carnivores, the very cautious Ammodorcas clarkei , which lives in the bush, and the gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) , which has a long jaw and often stands on its hind legs to eat leaves from high places. (7)Duiker subfamily Cephalophinae: Extremely small, both sexes have horns, but they are shorter than the ears and are mostly hidden by the crest on the top of the head. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Gazella granti" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【今泉 吉典】。。…

【グラントガゼル】より

…偶蹄目ウシ科の哺乳類(イラスト)。東アフリカのサバンナにすむ中型のアンテロープ。雌雄とも体の割りに大きな角をもち,体色は淡黄褐色で,臀部(でんぶ)によく目だつ白色の斑紋がある。体長1~1.2m,尾長12~14cm。角は雄でふつう長さ55cm,とくに大きなものでは80cm近いものもある。雌の角は細く短い。見通しのよい低木の混じる乾燥した草原に,ふつう数十頭,乾季には200頭から400頭以上になる群れで生活する。…

【レイヨウ(羚羊)】より

…多くは砂色で,アフリカとアジアに分布する。インド産で雄の体が黒いブラックバックAntilope cervicapra,警戒,逃走,遊びのときに高く跳びはねる習性をもつスプリングボックAntidorcas marsupialis,中央アジア産で時速96kmで走れるモウコガゼルProcapra gutturosa,多くの肉食獣にねらわれるグラントガゼルGazella granti,非常に警戒心が強く,やぶの中で生活するディバタグAmmodorcas clarkei,あごが長く,しばしば後肢で立ち上がって高いところの葉を食べるジェレヌクLitocranius walleriなど6属18種がある。(7)ダイカー亜科Cephalophinae きわめて小型で,角はふつう雌雄にあるが耳よりも短く,頭頂の冠毛でほとんど隠れている。…

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