Mountain Gazelle vs Sapele

Gazella gazella compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Mountain Gazelle is Endangered while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Gazelle	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Meliaceae
Genus	Gazella	Entandrophragma
Species	Gazella gazella	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Mountain Gazelle

EN — Endangered

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Gazelle	Sapele
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Gazelle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.