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Aepyceros melampus (impala)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Antilope melampus was named by Lichtenstein (1812). It is extant.

It was recombined as Aepyceros melampus by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gentry (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. afarensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Antilope melampus Lichtenstein
1999Aepyceros melampus Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2008Aepyceros melampus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Aepyceros melampus Gentry p. 771

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAepycerotiniGray 1872
genusAepycerosSundevall 1847
speciesmelampus(Lichtenstein 1812)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 [impala]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available