20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The White Butts
The Tibetan driver told me the Mongolian gazelles in Tibet are called “The White Butts”. It also has a distinctive heart-shaped white patch on its rump area, divided by a median line of darker color. The Mongolian gazelle is still one of the most numerous large animals in the world, with the total population around 1.5 million individuals, but roughly 100,000 are killed each year.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 06.2019 |
| Date Uploaded: | 09.2022 |
| Photo Location: | Ngari Prefecture, China |
| Copyright: | © Wing Yu Leung |