Common Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
Medium sized, lightly built antelope. Upper body parts reddish-fawn becoming paler on the sides; chest belly, throat and chin are white. Tail is white with central black line on upper surface and each buttock has vertical black blaze. Tuft of black hair above the hoof on the rear surface of the hind leg, a characteristic unique to the Impala; Ears are black tipped.
Shoulder height: 90 cm
Mass: 50kg (ram); 40 kg (ewe)
Horns; average length: 50 cm (rams only) have long graceful lyrate horns
