Aepyceros Sundevall 1847 (impala)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Parent taxon: Aepycerotini according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gentry 2010, Grubb 2001 and Hassanin and Douzery 1999

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Aepyceros melampus Aepyceros premelampus Aepyceros shungurae

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), Ethiopia (21), Kenya (57), South Africa (4), Swaziland (3), Tanzania (10), Zambia (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (5), Malawi (1), Uganda (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (7), Kenya (16), Malawi (1), South Africa (1), Tanzania (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (3), Uganda (3)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)

• Miocene of Kenya (3)

Total: 145 collections including 152 occurrences

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