Editing Impala (section)

==Etymology==
The first attested English name, in 1802, was palla or pallah, from the [[Tswana language|Tswana]] ''{{lang|tn|phala}}'' 'red antelope';<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', 3rd edition, March 2005, [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/136375 ''s.v.'' ''pallah'']</ref> the name ''impala'', also spelled ''impalla'' or ''mpala'', is first attested in 1875, and is directly from [[Zulu language|Zulu]].<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' Supp., 1933, [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/92056 ''s.v.'']</ref> Its [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] name, ''{{lang|af|rooibok}}'' 'red buck', is also sometimes used in English.<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', 3rd edition, November 2010, [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/167268 ''s.v.'']</ref>

The [[Binomial nomenclature|scientific]] [[generic name (biology)|generic name]] ''Aepyceros'' ({{abbr|lit.|literally}} ‘high-horned’) comes from [[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|{{linktext|αἰπύς}}}} (''{{Transliteration|grc|aipus}}'', 'high, steep') + {{lang|grc|κέρας}} (''{{Transliteration|grc|keras}}'', 'horn');<ref>{{MerriamWebsterDictionary|Aepyceros|access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1 = Briggs |first1 = M. |last2 = Briggs |first2 = P. |title = The Encyclopedia of World Wildlife |date = 2006 |publisher = Parragon Publishers |location = Somerset, UK |isbn = 978-1-4054-8292-9 |page = 114 |url = {{Google Books|id=LEZfe9Xxm1wC|page=114|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref> the [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]] ''melampus'' ({{abbr|lit.|literally}} ‘black-foot’) from {{lang|grc|μελάς}} (''{{Transliteration|grc|melas}}'', 'black') + {{lang|grc|πούς}} (''{{Transliteration|grc|pous}}'', 'foot').<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Huffman |first1 = B. |title = Impala (''Aepyceros melampus'') |url = http://www.ultimateungulate.com/artiodactyla/aepyceros_melampus.html |website = Ultimate Ungulate |access-date = 10 April 2016 }}</ref>