Aepyceros melampus - #299
Impala
Front view of male's head, showing curvature of horns. Also as Common Impala.
Geographic Distribution
S Angola, N and E Botswana, Burundi (extinct?), Dem. Rep. Congo (SE Shaba Prov.), Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, N Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa (North-West, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga Provs. and KwaZulu-Natal; formerly in N Northern Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda (marginally in NE and SW), Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Aepyceros
Specific Epithet
melampus
Image Location
Kenya, Samburu county (formerly Rift Valley province), Samburu National Reserve
Image Date
1978
Photographer
DC Gordon