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ORIBI, or OUREBI

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 269 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORIBI, or OUREBI , the See also:local name of a small See also:South See also:African See also:antelope (Oribia scoparia), See also:standing about 24 in. at the See also:shoulder, and characterized by the presence of a See also:bare glandular spot below the See also:ear, the upright horns of the bucks, which are ringed for a See also:short distance above the See also:face, and the tufted bushy tail, of which the terminal two-thirds are See also:black. The name is extended to include the other members of the same genus, such as the Abyssinian, O. See also:montana; the Gambian, O. nigricandata; the See also:British See also:East African, O. haggardi; and the See also:Mozambique, 0. petersi.

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