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Aepyceros
Sign in to saveAepyceros is a genus of African antelope that contains a single living species, the impala (Aepyceros melampus). It is the only known member of the tribe Aepycerotini.
Species
Impala
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyBovidae
Observations16,957
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- Family
- Bovidae
- Collections
- UCMP, NHMUK, USNM, ROM, MSU
- Recorded in
- Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland
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Aepyceros is a genus of African antelope that contains a single living species, the impala (Aepyceros melampus). It is the only known member of the tribe Aepycerotini.
Two extinct species are known, Aepyceros datoadeni and Aepyceros shungurae. A third species, Aepyceros premelampus has been transferred to a new genus, Afrotragus.
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