• Numbers declined sharply from hunting but are recovering in protected areas.
• The diet consists mainly of grasses, supplemented by shrub leaves in the dry season.
• Introduced populations thrive in Texas and Argentina.

The Indian gazelle inhabits the Indomalayan and Nearctic realms, being found in the Thar Desert, the Cholistan Desert, and Thorny Scrub forests of the western Aravalli Range.