Grant's gazelle vs Mountain yam

Nanger granti compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Grant's gazelle is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grant's gazelle	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Nanger	Dioscorea
Species	Nanger granti	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Grant's gazelle

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grant's gazelle	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grant's gazelle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.