Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- species: Ourebia ourebi
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Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 55 cm; light rusty-brown coat with white belly and throat; the tail is black on top and white underneath; white patches are found around the eyes and the mouth; the males are slightly smaller then the females and have short (10 cm) horns hat curve slightly forward at the tips |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1003
- Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
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References: | Cillié 1997: 52 |