🐃Impala
De impala of rooibok (Aepyceros melampus) is een van de meest algemene antilopesoorten in Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara. Hij is de enige soort uit de geslachtengroep Aepycerotini en het geslacht Aepyceros.
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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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- 26 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
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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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
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
All 16 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- 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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