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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
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
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Aepyceros melampus (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros melampus (21288 21289 21291 21292)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Aepyceros melampus (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros melampus (21301 21304 21305 21342)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21398 21410 21457 21461 21471 21474 21503 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Aepyceros melampus (21805)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21367 21370 21378 21402 21415 21421 21448 21454 21458 21462 21464 21467 21472 21476 21496 21515 21532)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Aepyceros melampus (22492)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros melampus (21350)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Aepyceros melampus (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Aepyceros melampus (21949 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Aepyceros melampus (22548)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Aepyceros melampus (21925)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Aepyceros melampus (22553 22558 22578 22583)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21368 21403 21514)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros melampus (21294 21343 21347)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Aepyceros melampus (21893)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Aepyceros melampus (22134 22156 22177)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21276 21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Aepyceros melampus (32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Aepyceros melampus (32126)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Aepyceros melampus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Aepyceros melampus (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21933 21936)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Aepyceros melampus (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Aepyceros melampus (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Aepyceros melampus (21690)