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Impalas (Aepyceros melampus), female and young🐃

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Impala

Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812)

El impala (Aepyceros melampus) es una especie de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia Bovidae.​ Es un antílope de estatura mediana. Por su apariencia similar, el impala anteriormente se situaba junto a las gacelas. A causa de nuevos conocimientos, hoy se coloca en la familia de los antílopes africanos. Se reconocen dos subespecies: el impala común, que vive en pastizales (a veces denominado impala de Kenia), y el impala de cara negra, más grande y oscuro, que vive en entornos de matorrales algo más áridos. El impala alcanza los 70-92 centímetros (27,6-36,2 plg) en el hombro y pesa 40-76 kilogramos (88,2-167,6 lb). Posee un pelaje marrón rojizo brillante. Los delgados cuernos del macho tienen forma de lira y miden 45-92 centímetros (17,7-36,2 plg) de largo. La palabra «impala» viene del zulú. Su nombre científico, Aepyceros melampus, deriva del griego aipos: alto, keras: cuerno, melas: negro y pus: pie, significado pies negros de cuernos altos.

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Also called
Black-faced Impala, Common Impala
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
53 kg
Body length
1.46 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
26 years
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Everything we know about the Impala

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
53 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 53 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
1.46 m
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Brain mass
174 g
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Maximum lifespan
26 years
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  • 26 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
7.32 years
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Age at maturity
1.4 years
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Gestation
197 days
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  • 198 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
1.97 km²
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Population density
9.94 per km²
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Volume l
53 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Impala yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusAepyceros
  7. ›speciesAepyceros melampus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. subfamilyAepycerotinae
  4. genusAepyceros
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyAepycerotinae
  16. genusAepyceros
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Closest relative on this site
🐃 Addax — last shared an ancestor ≈ 13 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Aepyceros melampus (it), Impala (de), Aepyceros melampus (es), impala (fi), impala (fr), impala (nl) … and 27 more languages
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Impalas (Aepyceros melampus), female and youngAepyceros melampus 001Common Impala 587111835
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