Species Ourebia ourebi (Zimmermann, 1783) (Oribi)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Artiodactyla
  • ---- family: Bovidae
  • ----- species: Ourebia ourebi
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
Ecoregions:

AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1003
Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 52
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27723084
Creator: Roland Hunziker http://www.flickr.com/photos/rolandh/
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: English: 1=Oribi photographed in the Niger section of the Parc W du Niger complex of protected areas.
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2006-03-23
Place: Niger
Creator: Roland Hunziker
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: wikimedia
Permission: PD US FWS

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