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Impala

The impala or rooibok (Aepyceros melampus, lit. 'black-footed high-horn' in Ancient Greek) 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…

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Impala

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Triples137
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Threats and conservation · 32
Impala → According, Around, As, Botswana, Conservation, Etosha National Park, Hwange, IUCN, Kajiado, Kenya, Kruger National Park, Lake Kariba, Luangwa Valley, Masai Mara, Mkomazi National Park, Namibia, Natural Resources, Nature, Okavango Delta, Population
related to Distribution and habitat · 20
Impala → Acacia, Africa, African, Angola, Another, Baikiaea, Burundi, Capparis, Colophospermum, Earlier, Gabon, Habitat, In, Kaokoland, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Places, The, Uganda
related to Taxonomy and evolution · 19
Impala → Aepyceros, Alexandre Hassanin, An, Bovidae, Cephalophus, Elisabeth Vrba, German, In, It, Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein, National Centre, Neotragus, Oreotragus, Paris, Scientific Research, The, This, Though, Up
related to Ecology and behaviour · 14
Impala → Africa, African, Allogrooming, Bachelor, Each, Female, For, In, Individuals, Moreover, Serengeti National Park, Social, The, Three
related to Description · 11
Impala → Black, Facial, Grant's, Males, Methylbutanoic Acid, Nonanone, Sebaceous, Sexually, The, Their, There
related to Diet · 7
Impala → An, Another, Browsing, Digitaria, Heteropogon, The, Themeda
related to Etymology · 7
Impala → Aepyceros, Ancient Greek, English, Its Afrikaans, The, Tswana, Zulu
related to Parasites · 7
Impala → Amblyomma, Boophilus, Common, Hyalomma, In Zimbabwe, Ixodes, Rhipicephalus
is a · 6
Impala → dark stripe, important prey species for Africa's large carnivores, medium-sized, sister taxon to the alcelaphines, smallest ungulate with which oxpeckers are associated, sole member of the genus Aepyceros and belongs to the family Bovidae
related to External links · 3
Impala → African Wildlife FoundationITIS Standard, Report Page, Summary

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males black-faced females may territorial africa female male common study season herds southern subspecies ticks aepyceros two bachelor months black

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Impalais asole member of the genus Aepyceros and belongs to the family Bovidae0.90text
Impalais asister taxon to the alcelaphines0.90text
Impalais amedium-sized0.90text
Impalais adark stripe0.90text
Impalais aimportant prey species for Africa's large carnivores0.90text
Impalais asmallest ungulate with which oxpeckers are associated0.90text
R. appendiculatus has proved to be a major cause behind the high mortality of ungulatesinstance ofheavy infestation by ticks0.80text
as they can lead to tick paralysisinstance ofheavy infestation by ticks0.80text
Coke's hartebeestinstance ofIn a study it was observed that oxpeckers selectively attended to impala despite the presence of other animals0.80text
Grant's gazelleinstance ofIn a study it was observed that oxpeckers selectively attended to impala despite the presence of other animals0.80text
Thomson's gazelleinstance ofIn a study it was observed that oxpeckers selectively attended to impala despite the presence of other animals0.80text
topiinstance ofIn a study it was observed that oxpeckers selectively attended to impala despite the presence of other animals0.80text

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