Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
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Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812) View in CoL
[Antilope] melampus Lichtenstein 1812 , Reisen Sudl. Africa, Vol. 2: pl. 4 opp. p. 544.
Type Locality: "Koossi-Thale", now identified as South Africa, Northern Cape Prov., Kuruman Dist., Khosis ( Grubb, 1999).
Vernacular Names: Impala.
Subspecies: :
Subspecies Aepyceros melampus subsp. melampus Lichtenstein 1812
Subspecies Aepyceros melampus subsp. johnstoni Thomas 1893
Subspecies Aepyceros melampus subsp. katangae Lönnberg 1914
Subspecies Aepyceros melampus subsp. petersi Bocage 1879
Subspecies Aepyceros melampus subsp. rendilis Lönnberg 1912
Subspecies Aepyceros melampus subsp. suara Matschie 1892
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.
Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as A. m. petersi; IUCN – Vulnerable as A. m. petersi, otherwise Lower Risk (cd).
Discussion: Synonymy and inclusion of petersi follows Ansell (1972:57). Nersting and Arctander (2001) found petersi haplotypes to be strongly isolated from haplotypyes of populations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and N Botswana. Cotterill (2003 a) considered petersi to be an evolutionary species.
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