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Aepyceros melampus petersi (Black-faced impala)

swartneusrooibok [Afrikaans]; impala enobuso obunyama [isiZulu]; phala ya sefahlego se seso [Sepedi];  phala e safahleho se setsho [Sesotho]; phala [Setswana];  imphala [siSwati];  mhala [Xitsonga]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Antilopinae

 

Aepyceros melampus petersi (Black-faced impala), Etosha National Park, Namibia. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]