Impala

Aepyceros melampus · Bovidae

The impala or rooibok is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The only extant member of the genus Aepyceros, and tribe Aepycerotini, it was first described to Europeans by German zoologist Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1812. Two subspecies are recognised—the grassland-dwelling common impala, and the larger and darker black-faced impala, which lives in slightly more arid, scrubland environments.

Where the Impala lives

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia (Africa).

Most records fall in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Rift Valley, Limpopo, North-West and Gauteng.

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Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 20,598 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.