Impala
A territorial impala ram (top), and ewe with calf (below)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Aepyceros
Species:	Template:Taxonomy/AepycerosA. melampus
Binomial name
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812)
Subspecies
A. m. melampus Lichtenstein, 1812 A. m. petersi Bocage, 1879
Distribution:       Black-faced impala       Common impala
Synonyms
List A. holubi Lorenz, 1894 A. johnstoni Thomas, 1893 A. katangae Lönnberg, 1914 A. pallah (Gervais, 1841) A. rendilis Lönnberg, 1912 A. typicus Thomas, 1893

Female Black-faced Impala at water hole

Male impala lock horns in mating-season fight

The impala (Aepyceros melampus) is a medium-sized African antelope. The name "impala" comes from the Zulu language. Impala belong in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata and class Mammalia. Along with cattle, antelopes, sheep, goats, buffalo and bison, they belong to the family Bovidae.