Addax vs Impala
The addax is heavier: 70 kg against 52.5 kg for the impala, about 33% more.
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What is the difference between a addax and a impala?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The addax is heavier: 70 kg against 52.5 kg for the impala, about 33% more.
- The addax is longer-lived: 25.7 years against 17.8 years for the impala, about 45% longer.
- They share the family Bovidae but sit in different genera: Addax in Addax, Impala in Aepyceros.
- The addax is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List; the impala is Least Concern.
Side by side
| Addax | Impala | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Addax nasomaculatus | Aepyceros melampus |
| Family | Bovidae | Bovidae |
| Order | Artiodactyla | Artiodactyla |
| Weight | 60 kg – 125 kg | 52.5 kg – 62.5 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 25.7 years | 17.8 years |
| Main food | leaves | Not recorded |
| Habitat | desert | woodland |
| Conservation status | Critically Endangered | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.