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This article is about the automobile. For other uses, see Gazelle (disambiguation).
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GAZelle 2705 cargo van
A GAZelle (Russian: ГАЗе́ль) is a series of mid-sized trucks, vans and buses made by Russian car manufacturer GAZ. GAZelles are similar to the later launched GAZ Sobol and GAZ Valdai line of vans and light trucks. GAZelle, Sobol, and Valdai account for the majority of the Russian van and light truck market, and rank as GAZ's most popular and successful products.

Models

  • GAZ-3302 pick-up truck
  • GAZ-33021 Farmer pick-up truck, extended cabin
  • GAZ-3221 passenger van, 8 seats
  • GAZ-32213 passenger van, 13 seats
  • GAZ-322132 passenger van, 13 seats (for shuttle services)
  • GAZ-2705 cargo van
  • GAZ-27051 Combi cargo van, extended cabin




Gazelle
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Thomson's Gazelle

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Bovidae
Subfamily:Antilopinae
Genus:Gazella
Blainville, 1816
Species


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A gazelle is an antelope of the genus Gazella, although the three members of the genus Procapra also widely are referred to as gazelles. Gazelles are known as swift animals; they are able to reach high speeds for long periods of time. Gazelles are mostly found in the grasslands and savannas of Africa, but they are also found in southwest Asia. They tend to live in herds and will eat less coarse, easily digestible plants and leaves.

The gazelle species are classified as part of the order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae and genus Gazella. Members of the Articodacycla order are principally distinguished by the foot; they have an even number of toes (the bovid family comprises 6 genera and 12 species). The taxonomy of the genus Gazella is a confused one, and the classification of species and subspecies has been an unsettled issue. Three species—the Red Gazelle, the Arabian Gazelle, and the Queen of Sheba's Gazelle—are extinct. All other gazelle species are listed as endangered, to varying degrees.

A recognizable example of the gazelle is Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsonii), which is around 60 to 90 cm (23 to 35 inches) in height at the shoulder and is coloured brown and white with a distinguishing black stripe (as in the picture on the right). The males have long, often curved, horns. Tommies, as they are familiarly called, exhibit a distinctive behaviour of stotting (running slowly and jumping high before fleeing) when they are threatened by predators such as lions or cheetahs. This is a primary piece of evidence for the handicap principle advanced by Amotz Zahavi in the study of animal communication and behaviour.

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Grant's Gazelle

Mhorr Gazelle

Thomson's Gazelle

Goitered Gazelle

Chinkara

Dorcas Gazelle

Cuvier's Gazelle

Thomson's Gazelle


Species

Extinct

Fossils of genus Gazella are found in Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of Eurasia and Africa. The tiny Gazella borbonica is one of the earliest European gazelles, characterized by its small size and short legs. Gazelles disappeared from Europe at the start of Ice Age, but they survived in Africa and Middle East. Three species become extinct in recent times due to human causes

Recent extinctions

  • Subgenus Gazella
* Arabian Gazelle, G. arabica
* Queen of Sheba's Gazelle, G. bilkis
  • Subgenus ''Eudorcas
* Red Gazelle, G. rufina

Prehistoric extinctions

  • * Gazella borbonica - European Gazelle
  • Gazella thomasi' - Thomas's Gazelle
  • Gazella praethomsoni
  • Gazella negevensis
  • Gazella triquetrucornis
  • Gazella negevensis
  • Gazella capricornis
  • Gazella mytilinii
  • Subgenus Vetagazella
  • Gazella sinensis
  • Gazella deperdita
  • Gazella pilgrimi- Steppe Gazelle
  • Gazella leile - Leile's Gazelle
  • Gazella praegaudryi - Japanese Gazelle
  • Gazella gaudryi
  • Gazella paotehensis
  • Gazella dorcadoides
  • Gazella altidens
  • Gazella mongolica - Mongolian Gazelle
  • Gazella lydekkeri - Ice Age Gazelle
  • Gazella blacki
  • Gazella parasinensis
  • Gazella kueitensis
  • Gazella paragutturosa
  • Subgenus Gazella
  • Gazella janenschi
  • Subgenus Trachelocele
  • Gazella atlantica
  • Gazella tingitana
  • Subgenus Nanger
  • Gazella vanhoepeni
  • Subgenus Deprezia
  • Gazella psolea
Gazelle can refer to:
  • Gazelle, a southern African animal
  • GAZelle, an automobile
  • Gazelle (bicycle), a bicycle
  • Aérospatiale Gazelle, a helicopter
  • A Russian antiballistic missile deployed in the Moscow area A-135 anti-ballistic missile system

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Writing system: Cyrillic (Russian variant)  
Official status
Official language of:  Abkhazia (Georgia)
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truck is a vehicle usually used for transporting bulk goods, materials, or equipment. The word "truck" comes from the Greek "trochos", meaning "wheel". In America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks.
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van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a rather box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a Light Commercial Vehicle or
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bus is a large road vehicle designed to carry numerous passengers in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. The name is a neologic version of the Latin omnibus, which means "transport for everyone.
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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Gaz can refer to:
  • GAZ, the Russian automobile manufacturer.
  • Gaz (Invader Zim), a character from the animated television series Invader Zim.
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  • Gaz, a Mughal measurement of length, often translated as 'yard'.

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G. thomsoni

Binomial name
Gazella thomsoni
Günther, 1884

The Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) is one of the best-known gazelles.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Artiodactyla*
Owen, 1848

Families

Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Moschidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Leptochoeridae †
Dichobunidae †
Cebochoeridae †
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Bovidae
Gray, 1821

Subfamilies

Bovinae
Cephalophinae
Hippotraginae
Antilopinae
Caprinae
Reduncinae
Aepycerotinae
Peleinae
Alcelaphinae
Panthalopinae

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Antilopinae
Gray, 1821

Genera

See text.
Antilopinae is a subfamily of Bovidae. The gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags and Central Asian gazelles are often referred to as "True Antelopes" and are usually the sole representitives of
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Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (September 12, 1777 - May 1, 1850) was a French zoologist and anatomist.

Blainville was born at Arques, near Dieppe. In about 1796 he went to Paris to study painting, but he ultimately devoted himself to natural history, and attracted the
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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Antelope are herbivorous mammals of the family Bovidae, often noted for their horns. These animals are spread relatively evenly throughout the various subfamilies of the Bovidae and many are more closely related to cows or goats than to each other.
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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savanna or savannah is a tropical or subtropical woodland ecosystem. Savannas are characterised by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
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Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and, with almost 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population.
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G. rufina

Binomial name
Gazella rufina
Thomas, 1894

Red Gazelle redirects here, for the F-Zero machine, see F-Zero Racers


The Red Gazelle (†
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G. arabica

Binomial name
Gazella arabica

The Arabian gazelle (Gazella arabica) was an elusive gazelle that was hunted to extinction in its Middle Eastern homeland, Saudi Arabia.
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Gazella bilkis
Groves & Lay, 1985

The Queen Sheba's Gazelle (Gazella bilkis Groves & Lay, 1985), also called the Yemen Gazelle, is an extinct[1] species of gazelle.
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G. thomsoni

Binomial name
Gazella thomsoni
Günther, 1884

The Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) is one of the best-known gazelles.
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1 centimetre =
SI units
010−3 m 0 mm
US customary / Imperial units
010−3 ft 0 in
A centimetre (American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm
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1 inch =
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010−3 m 0 mm
US customary / Imperial units
010−3 ft 010−3 yd


An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes,  
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Stotting or pronking is a gait of quadrupeds, particularly gazelles (e.g. Thomson's Gazelles), involving jumping high into the air. This may occur during pursuit by a predator, typically a cheetah or lion. It might also occur during play.
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P. leo

Binomial name
Panthera leo
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution of lions in Africa


Synonyms
Felis leo
(Linnaeus, 1758)

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