Impala

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Impala

The impala (Aepyceros melampus) is a middlin 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).

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Impala
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Young male impala in Serengeti, Tanzanie
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Female impala in Mikumi Naitional Pairk, Tanzanie
Conservation status
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Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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)
Subspecies
  • A. m. petersi
  • A. m. melampus
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Distribution o the impala
Reid =A. m. melampus
Blue = A. m. petersi
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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]

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