Impala
| Impala | |
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| Young male impala in Serengeti, Tanzanie | |
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| Female impala in Mikumi Naitional Pairk, Tanzanie | |
| Scienteefic clessification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Faimily: | Bovidae |
| Subfaimily: | Aepycerotinae Gray, 1872 |
| Genus: | Aepyceros Sundevall, 1847 |
| Species: | A. melampus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812) |
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| Distribution o the impala Reid =A. m. melampus Blue = A. m. petersi |
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The impala (Aepyceros melampus) is a medium-sized African antelope. Its hicht ranges atween 75 an 95 cm (30 an 37 in) an it weighs atween 40 an 60 kg (88 an 132 lb).
It is foond in savannas an thick bushveld in Kenyae, Tanzanie, Swaziland, Mozambique, northren Namibie, Botswana, Zambie, Zimbabwe, soothren Angolae, northeastren Sooth Africae, an Uganda. It can be foond in nummers o up tae twa million.[2]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Aepyceros melampus". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2008. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 18 Januar 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- ↑ [1]
