Impala
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At night, impalas lie down and chew cud.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Impala
- Scientific name
- Aepyceros melampus
- Japanese name
- インパラ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Aepyceros
It lives in open woodlands with little undergrowth and in grasslands, from southern to eastern Africa.
Males have horns but females do not, and there are black stripes on the tail and thighs, which may help impalas recognize each other.
When chased by a predator, it leaps high into the air and bounds off in every direction to confuse the attacker.
How the Impala lives
They are active by day, with activity peaking after dawn and before dusk. After the rains, they eat mostly grass, switching to browse in the dry season. They form various groups, including male and female herds.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Webよこはま動物園ズーラシアBasic data
- Weight
- 45–60 kg
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Range
- Northeastern South Africa to Angola, southern Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya
Where the Impala has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- インパラ
- 简体中文
- 高角羚
- 繁體中文
- 高角羚
- 한국어
- 임팔라
- Español
- Impala
- Français
- Impala
- Deutsch
- Impala
- Português (Brasil)
- Impala
- Italiano
- Impala
- हिन्दी
- इंपाला
- العربية
- إمبالة
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Impala
- Tiếng Việt
- Linh dương Impala
- Русский
- Импала
- Türkçe
- İmpala
- ไทย
- อิมพาลา
- বাংলা
- ইমপালা
- اردو
- امپالا
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- よこはま動物園ズーラシア — ライオン担当者が見た、アフリカ紀行！～マサイマラ国立保護区・アフリカにシカはいない！？編～Checked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Aepyceros melampusChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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