Aepyceros melampus

Aepyceros melampus

Aepyceros melampus - distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Artiodactyla Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Aepycerotinae
Genus: Aepyceros
Species: Aepyceros melampus
Subspecies: A. m. johnstoni – A. m. katangae – A. m. melampus – A. m. petersi – A. m. rendilis – A. m. suara

Name

Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812)

Type locality: “Koossi-Thale”, identified as South Africa, Northern Cape Prov., Kuruman Dist., Khosis by Grubb (1999: 26).

Combinations

• Antilope melampus Lichtenstein, 1812: pl. 4 opp p. 544 [original designation]

References

Primary references

• Lichtenstein, M. 1812. Reisen im südlichen Afrika: in den Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806 Bände 2. Salfeld: Berlin. Full book

Links

• Aepyceros melampus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein, 1812 (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rooibok
Boarisch: Impala
български: Импала
brezhoneg: Impala
català: Impala
čeština: Impala
Deutsch: Impala
English: Impala
Esperanto: Impalo
español: Impala
suomi: Impala
français: Impala
galego: Impala
עברית: אימפלה
hrvatski: Impala
magyar: Impala
italiano: Impala
日本語: インパラ
Lëtzebuergesch: Impala
lietuvių: Impala
македонски: Импала
Bahasa Melayu: Impala
Nederlands: Impala
norsk: Impala
occitan: Aepyceros melampus
polski: impala zwyczajna
português: Impala
română: Impala
русский: Импала
Simple English: Impala
svenska: Impala
தமிழ்: இம்பாலா
ไทย: อิมพาลา
Türkçe: İmpala
українська: Імпала
Yorùbá: Impala
中文: 高角羚

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