Mammal / Gazella bennettii
Indian Gazelle
Also known as Chhinkara, chinkara
Lowest risk
Native
The chinkara, also known as the Indian gazelle, is a gazelle species native to Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
- Average elevation
- 1524 m
- Range mass
- 20 to 25 kg
- Range length
- 0.9 to 1.2 m
- Breeding interval
- Female Indian gazelles may give birth yearly.
- Breeding season
- Breeding seasons occur from late August to early October and again from March to the end of April
- Range number of offspring
- 1 to 3
- Range gestation period
- 5 to 5.5 months
- Average weaning age
- 2 months
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 2 years
- Range lifespan
Status: captivity - 12.3 (high) years
McCart, D. 2012. "Gazella bennettii" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gazella_bennettii/
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