Aepyceros melampus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,163 meters (0 to 7,096 feet).[1]

Ecology: The Impala is a water-dependent and typical ecotone species, associated with light woodlands and savannas , selecting open Acacia savannas with nutrient-rich soils providing good-quality grass , and high-quality browse in the dry season (Fritz and Bourgarel in press ). In their semi-arid environment, Black-faced Impala also select the interface between wooded savanna and open grassy vleis (Joubert 1971; Matson et al. 2005).[2].

List of Habitats :

•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

Two subspecies are generally recognized, supported by molecular data (Nersting and Arctander 2001; Lorenzen et al. 2006): the Common Impala (A. m. melampus) and the Black-faced Impala (A. m. petersi).[2].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aepyceros

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. melampus (Black-Faced Impala) · A. melampus melampus (Common Impala) · A. melampus petersi (Black-Faced Impala) · A. melampus rendilis (Impala)

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Further Reading

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• Animal geography, the faunas of the natural regions of the Globe. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1913. url p. 129.
• Animal geography: the faunas of the natural regions of the globe / Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. url .
• Animal life and human progress, London, Constable and Company Ltd., 1919. url , .
• Animal life and human progress. London, Constable, 1919. url p. 214, p. 221.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 144.
• Annual report of the New York Zoological Society. New York: The Society, 1897- url p. 152.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 367.
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• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 83 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 659, p. 660, p. 681, p. 710, p. 723.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group 2008. Aepyceros melampus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology, Animal observations
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Mammal specimens
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625076
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816262
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625076
• IUCN ID: 189002
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1421

Footnotes

1. Mean = 614.590 meters (2,016.371 feet), Standard Deviation = 955.970 based on 81 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group 2008. Aepyceros melampus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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