Aepyceros

Aepyceros is a genus of African antelope that contains a single living species, the impala. It is the only known member of the tribe Aepycerotini.^[1]

Aepyceros Temporal range: 3–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Pliocene – Recent
Black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus ssp. petersi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Aepycerotinae Gray, 1872
Tribe:	Aepycerotini Gray, 1872
Genus:	Aepyceros Sundevall, 1847
Type species
Antilope melampus Lichtenstein, 1812.
Species
Aepyceros melampus - Impala †Aepyceros datoadeni †Aepyceros shungurae

Two extinct species are known, Aepyceros datoadeni^[2] and Aepyceros shungurae.^[3] A third species, Aepyceros premelampus has been transferred to a new genus, Afrotragus.^[4]

Etymology

The generic name Aepyceros (lit. ‘high-horned’) comes from Ancient Greek αἰπύς (aipus, 'high, steep') + κέρας (keras, 'horn').^[5][6]