Aepyceros melampus

Aepyceros melampus

Aepyceros melampus — distribution map

   Aepyceros melampus melampus

   Aepyceros melampus petersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bovoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Paraxonia Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Bovoidea

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
• العربية: إمبالة
• Boarisch: Impala
• български: Импала
• brezhoneg: Impala
• català: Impala
• čeština: Impala
• Deutsch: Impala
• Ελληνικά: Ιμπάλα
• 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
• 한국어: 임팔라
• 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
• svenska: Impala
• தமிழ்: ஆப்பிரிக்கச் சிறுமான்
• తెలుగు: ఆఫ్రికన్ జింక
• ไทย: อิมพาลา
• Türkçe: İmpala
• українська: Імпала
• Yorùbá: Impala
• 中文: 高角羚

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