Procapra gutturosa
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa), or dzeren (Russian: дзерен), is a medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, southern Siberia and northern China. The name dzeren is the Russian spelling and pronunciation of the Buryat zeeren (Buryat: зээрэн; akin to the Mongolian word zeer (Mongolian: зээр)).
While the dzeren and its two sister-species (the Tibetan gazelle or goa and the rare Przewalski's gazelle of Qinghai, China) are commonly referred to as "gazelles", they are not technically "true" gazelles, as they are not placed within the Gazella genus. Rather, these three procaprid antelope species are placed together in their own genus, Procapra, falling under the tribe of Antilopini (of the subfamily Antilopinae), under the greater Bovidae family of the Artiodactyla Order. In general, the dzeren are fluffier-coated than true gazelles, possessing an almost "teddy bear"-like appearance, as opposed to the sleek and smooth, deer-like qualities of Gazella and other species. The dzeren's face is somewhat more comparable to a Chinese water deer than a true gazelle.
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Mongolia · 2022
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park | 🇲🇳 Mongolia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Mongolian Gazelle sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 12 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mongolian Gazelle sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, in our data
Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mongolian Gazelle sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Bovidae
The closest relatives of the Mongolian Gazelle that you can see in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park (family Bovidae, Bovids) are Siberian Ibex (about 80%), Goitered Gazelle (about 70%) and Argali (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mongolian Gazelle is recorded against all the mammals logged in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
