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Indian Gazelle

Gazella bennettii

हिन्दी: चिंकारा

IUCN: Least Concern
Indian Gazelle (Gazella bennettii) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Chhapar, Rajasthan · Resized

Indian Gazelle (Gazella bennettii) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Chhapar, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Gazella bennettii
Hindi name
चिंकारा
Family
Bovidae, order Artiodactyla
Group
Mammal
Conservation status
Least Concern

The graceful runner of the desert.

  • Spot it Sandy-brown coat, white belly, curved horns and dark face stripes.
  • Home Deserts, scrub and dry hills.
  • Food web Browses grasses, leaves and pods; leopards and wolves prey on it.
  • Why it matters Browsing and dung help cycle nutrients in dry land, and it is prey for leopards and wolves.

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Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist in 2010, in Chhapar.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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