Interesting Facts about IMPALAS ***

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Did you Know? List of Facts about Impalas
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Impalas, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Impalas are as follows:

Fact 1 - Definition: An impala (Aepyceros melampus) is a medium-sized African antelope with ridged curved horns and moves with enormous leaps. The body of the impala is reddish-brown with white hair inside the ears, over each eye

Fact 2 - Close relatives to Impalas include Gazelles, springboks, Antelopes, addax; gerenuks and blackbucks
Fact 3 - The name 'impala' comes from the Zulu language meaning "Gazelle"
Fact 4 - Ruminant animals, like the Impalas, are even-toed, cud-chewing, hoofed, usually horned mammals which have a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Fact 5 - Female Impalas are called Does
Fact 6 - The female impala is similar to the male but does not have horns
Fact 7 - An impala can jump 12 meters and as high as 3 meters
Fact 8 - Impalas stats and facts
- Weight: 100 to 135 pounds
- Height: 28 to 36 inches
- Habitat: Light woodland and savannas
- Size of horns on male impalas: 18 to 37 inches
- Lifespan: 12 years
- Diet: Impalas are herbivores eating mainly leaves, grass and ferns.
Fact 9 - Impalas are the most common antelope in South Africa
Fact 10 - The impala is a medium-sized antelope
Fact 11 - The impala uses its horns for defence purposes
Fact 12 - There are 2 species of Impalas: the Common Impala and the Black Faced Impala both of which inhabit Angola and Namibia
Fact 13 - Mating begins with the rutting season
Fact 14 - The names given to babies are Calf
Fact 15 - The collective name for a group of Impalas is a Herd
Fact 16 - Male Impalas are called Bucks