A long-legged gazelle with a conspicuous pale rump patch.
The pale body has a roughly rectangular white rump patch. Both sexes have horns, with males developing longer, thicker horns.
Comparing animal numbers also means reading the uncertainty around each estimate. In south-central Ethiopia, researchers used line transects and distance sampling to estimate Grant’s gazelles in Lamo Forest and nearby fragmented woodland. The paper reports 1,140 animals in 2023 (95% confidence interval 780–1,667) and 920 in 2024 (812–1,722), a difference of 220 in the point estimates. The intervals span 887 and 910 animals, much wider than that difference.
The study also recorded more gazelles in the wet than the dry season, showing that observations varied seasonally. These estimates cover one Ethiopian landscape. Repeating surveys with the same method and seasons provides a basis for tracking longer-term change.
IUCN Red List · Least Concern (LC) · Global (2016 IUCN record under Nanger granti; alignment with current taxonomy is unverified)
The current Mammal Diversity Database page displays Least Concern (LC) for Grant’s gazelle and links to a 2016 IUCN record. In the IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group’s 2008 Global Mammal Assessment list, the species was also Least Concern, with a decreasing population trend. MDD currently gives its distribution as southern Kenya and northern Tanzania and notes that N. notatus and N. petersii were once included within it. The scope of the 2016 IUCN assessment therefore needs to be checked against the current taxonomy. A 2025 study in south-central Ethiopia recorded more gazelles in the wet season and the highest wet-season abundance in grassland; its authors recommended continued monitoring, habitat management and attention to fragmentation. These are findings and recommendations for the Lamo Forest landscape, not a global reassessment.