Impala

Description and  Identification:

Shoulder height:            Males                   90cm 

                                       Female                  85cm  

Body mass:                      Males                  55 kg

                                     Females                   40 kg

• Shiny reddish coats and long slender legs
• Flanks     –pale fawn tinged reddish
• Impala under part    - pure white
• White patches above the eyes
• White throats
• Under part of the tail is white
• Ears are white inside with black tips
• Only Impala males have horns
• Strongly ridged for two – thirds of the horn
• Iyre     – shaped

Social Behavior:

• Herds    -20 head or larger
• Males    –territorial only during rut
• Mark territory with facial and forehead rubbing on grasses and twigs
• Impala defend their territory by vocalizing, chasing and other displays
• Bachelor herds of  adult and juvenile males
• When disturbed – herds break up jumping over bushes and imaginary objects
• Jumps in 10-12 meters bounds

Quelle: J D Skinner and R H N Smithers, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion;  Hunting school-Seminar study Namibia

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