Impala

Aepyceros melampus
Bovids (Bovidae)

♀with young in the shade.
Impalaon RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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Red-brown to yellow-brown, slender with a fairly long neck. Black ear markings, nose stripe, rump and tail stripes and eye edges. 
A clear distinction between the darker back and lighter belly on the flanks but without the dark brown band as seen on the springbok.

Only the ♂ has horns. The colours help camouflage, they prefer lightly wooded areas near water. When threatened they can make huge laps of five times their own body length.

⇔ hbl. 120-160 cm, sh. 75-90 cm, tl. 30-40 cm, horns ♂ 45-90 cm

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