What is Gazelle?
{{Automatic Taxobox | name = ''Gazella'' | fossil_range = [[Pliocene]] to recent | image = Slender-horned gazelle (Cincinnati Zoo).jpg | image_caption = [[Rhim gazelle]] | taxon = Gazella | authority = [[w:Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Blainville]], 1816 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = Several, see text }} '''Gazelles''' are a kind of [[antelope]]. They are in the [[genus|genera]] ''Gazella'', ''Eudorcas'' and ''Nanger''. Gazelles are mostly found in the grasslands and [[savanna]]s of [[Africa]], but they are also found in southwest [[Asia]]. Gazelles are known as fast animals. They can reach high speeds for long periods of time. They usually live in herds. They eat plants and leaves. They show a special way of running slowly and jumping high when they are chased by [[lion]]s or [[cheetah]]s. Gazelle comes from the Arabic ''ghazăl'' ({{lang-ar|غزال}}).<ref name=walterp66>{{cite book|title=French inside out: the worldwide development of the French language in the past, the present and the future|first1=Henriette|last1=Walter|first2=Peter D.|last2=Fawcett|editor=Peter D. Fawcett|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Routledge|year=1994|isbn=0415076692|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3wOAAAAQAAJ&dq=%27gazelle%27+Arabic+etymology&pg=PA66|page=66}}</ref> == Taxonomy == * Genus ''Gazella'' ** [[Mountain gazelle]], ''Gazella gazella'' ** [[Speke's gazelle]], ''Gazella spekei'' ** [[Dorcas gazelle]], ''Gazella dorcas'' ** [[Saudi gazelle]], ''Gazella saudiya''† ** [[Chinkara]], ''Gazella bennettii'' ** [[Cuvier's gazelle]], ''Gazella cuvieri'' ** [[Rhim gazelle]], ''Gazella leptoceros'' ** [[Goitered gazelle]], ''Gazella subgutturosa'' ** [[Arabian gazelle]], ''Gazella arabica''† * Genus ''Eudorcas'' ** [[Thomson's gazelle]], ''Eudorcas thomsoni'' ** [[Red-fronted gazelle]], ''Eudorcas rufifrons'' ** [[Red gazelle]], ''Gazella rufina''† * Genus ''Nanger'' ** [[Dama gazelle]], ''Nanger dama'' ** [[Grant's gazelle]], ''Nanger granti'' ** [[Soemmerring's gazelle]], ''Nanger soemmerringii'' == Refer