Chinkara

This article is about the animal. For the India based automobile manufacturer, see Chinkara Motors.

Chinkara
Chinkara in Thar Desert, Rajasthan
CITES Appendix III 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Genus: Gazella
Species:
G. bennettii
Binomial name
Gazella bennettii
(Sykes, 1831)
Distribution map of chinkara

The chinkara (Gazella bennettii), also known as the Indian gazelle, is a gazelle species native to India, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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