MIOCENE FAUNA / Miocene fauna

Gazella

Habitat: grasslands
Age: 11-4 mya
Size: 1 m at shoulders
Diet: herbivorous (grass)

It is an artiodactyl which belongs to the group of antelopes. They could adapt to drier environments finely. It grazed in herds and wore horns on its head. Tragocerus amaltheus, which is its relative, also had horns.