the withers-height of the Impala amounts approximately 90 cm, its weight for 80 kg. This slim antelope is colored sallow-russet. From the back-middle until to the tail, a black eel-line proceeds. The club-rears have one vertical black strips each. One black hair-tuft (therefore the second name) is over the shackles of the hind legs. Only the bucks carry long, thin, S-förmig of turned horns.
Habitat Buschreiches terrains in the acacia-savanna, gallery and Mopane-Wälder in the southern and southeast Africa are the residence of the Impalas. The proximity of a water-place is necessary for it.
Way of life An adult buck gathers a herd of 20-30 females with young about itself, the remaining males form bachelor-herds. In the dry-time, several herds can join together to large associations.
In the cover-hands terrains black-heel-antelopes appear little shyly. Occasionally they jump with all four into the air and jump also over its Artgenossen so. These air-jumps execute it also at the escape.
Impalas have numerous enemies: Leopards, lions, hyenas, hyena-dogs, jackals, crocodiles and big eagles.
its activity-phases are in the morning and afternoon-hours.
Reproduction The bucks of the Impalas occupy territories and defend it against rivals. they mark its precinct through frequent urination and the Kotabsetzen at certain places. They rub its head at stalks and branches on that occasion. Since they lack pre-eye-glands, a glandular-field is used them for the scent-marking about in the forehead-vertex-region. A territorial buck tries passing through females to hold together in a harem-herd.
The Tragzeit lasts 200-215 days. In South Africa, there are only one Setzzeit, in East-Africa their two. The calf is an Ablieger in most cases.
Food Impalas are short-grass-gluttons mainly. they pick up however also foliage and fruits. they drink in the morning and in the evening, can utilize also the nightly dew, however.
Endangering The Impala already was out wiped in sharing of its spread-area, could be settled again there, however, so that the continuance appears at the moment as secured.
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