Thomson's gazelle is one of the best known species of gazelles. It is named after explorer Joseph Thomson and is sometimes referred to as a "tommie". It is considered by some to be a subspecies of the
A close-up of a male Thomson's gazelle: males have horns that are thicker and longer than those of the female.
A Thomson's gazelle, showing the facial markings and the dark lateral stripe
The red-fronted gazelle is widely but unevenly distributed gazelle across the middle of Africa from Senegal to northeastern Ethiopia. It is mainly resident in the Sahel zone, a narrow cross-Africa ban