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February 15, 2006
African Field Notes: The Impala
One of the first animals you're likely to see on a game drive is a herd of impala. My friend Monika calls them the rats of the desert, the most common type of African antelope you're likely to see.
You'll often see them in herds of females with a single male and in bachelor herds of young males with the lovely horns. Impala are very graceful, leaping or hopping as they run across the savanah.
You'll sometimes see birds (tick eaters) eating the bugs off of their reddish brown coats.
Lots of predators eat Impala. I've even heard that the impala's distinctive M shaped markings on the rump gave the Impala its nickname as "the McDonalds of the African plains".
Latin Name: Aepyceros melampus
Check out our Safari South Africa podcast - an audio program and a video that features this animal!
Posted by sorsha at February 15, 2006 9:33 PM
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