Aepyceros
Aepyceros is a genus of African antelope that contains a single living species, the impala. It is the only known member of the tribe Aepycerotini.
| Aepyceros | |
|---|---|
| Black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus ssp. petersi) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Aepycerotinae Gray, 1872 |
| Tribe: | Aepycerotini Gray, 1872 |
| Genus: | Aepyceros Sundevall, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Antilope melampus Lichtenstein, 1812. | |
| Species | |
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Aepyceros melampus - Impala | |
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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