Aepyceros
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Aepyceros |
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| 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 | |
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Antilope melampus Lichtenstein, 1812.
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| Species | |
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Aepyceros melampus - Impala |
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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.
Two extinct species are known, Aepyceros datoadeni and Aepyceros shungurae. A third species, Aepyceros premelampus has been transferred to a new genus, Afrotragus.