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SPECIES Ourebia ourebi

Author:Zimmermann, 1783.
Citation:Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3: 268.
Common Name:Oribi
Type Locality:"Bewohnt die Cafferen" (South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., Kaffraria); since restricted to one of the syntypical localities: South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., Somerset East Dist., Bruintjieshoogte (Grubb, 1999).
Distribution:Angola, Benin, N Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi (extinct?), Cameroon, Central African Republic, S Chad, N Côte d’Ivoire, N and SE Dem. Rep. Congo, N Eritrea, W Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, S Mali, Mozambique, SW Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, S Senegal, N Sierra Leone, S Somalia, E South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Status:IUCN – Extinct as O. o. keniae, Vulnerable as O. o. haggardi, otherwise Lower Risk (cd).
Comments:Synonymy modified from Ansell (1972:66). Cotterill (2003b) regarded haggardi and perhaps hastata as evolutionary species.
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SUBSPECIES ourebi

SUBSPECIES dorcas

SUBSPECIES gallarum

SUBSPECIES haggardi

SUBSPECIES hastata

SUBSPECIES montana

SUBSPECIES quadriscopa

SUBSPECIES rutila

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