''Aepyceros'' is a genus of
African
African or Africans may refer to:
* Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
*** Ethn ...
antelope
The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant that are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia.
Antelope comprise a wastebasket taxon defined as any of numerous Old World grazing and browsing hoofed mammals ...
that contains a single living species, the
impala
The impala or rooibok (''Aepyceros melampus'') 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 European audiences by Germa ...
. It is the only known member of the tribe Aepycerotini.
Two extinct species are known, ''
Aepyceros datoadeni'' and ''
Aepyceros shungurae''.
A third species, ''Aepyceros premelampus'' has been transferred to a new genus, ''
Afrotragus''.
References
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Mammal genera
Mammal genera with one living species
Bovidae
Taxa named by Carl Jakob Sundevall