''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''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q10730799 Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Bovidae Taxa named by Carl Jakob Sundevall