🐃Impala
The impala or rooibok is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The only extant member of the genus Aepyceros, and tribe Aepycerotini, it was first described to Europeans by German zoologist Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1812. Two subspecies are recognised—the grassland-dwelling common impala, and the larger and darker black-faced impala, which lives in slightly more arid, scrubland environments. The impala reaches 70–92 cm (28–36 in) at the shoulder and weighs 40–65 kg (88–143 lb). It features a glossy, reddish brown coat. The male's slender, lyre-shaped horns are 45–92 cm (18–36 in) long.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- 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
Everything we know about the Impala
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass53 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 53 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.46 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass174 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan26 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length7.32 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation197 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 198 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.97 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density9.94 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l53 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusAepyceros
- ›speciesAepyceros melampus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyAepycerotinae
- genusAepyceros
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyAepycerotinae
- genusAepyceros
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