''Aepyceros'' is a genus of

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that contains a single living species, the

impala The impala or rooibok (''Aepyceros melampus'', lit. 'black-footed high-horn' in Ancient Greek) is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The only extant member of the genus '' Aepyceros'', and tribe Aepycerotini, it ...

. 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, ''

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''.

Etymology

The generic name ''Aepyceros'' ( ‘high-horned’) comes from

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

(', 'high, steep') + (', 'horn').

References

{{Authority control Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Antelopes Taxa named by Carl Jakob Sundevall