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OribiEducational resources on OribiOribi or Ourebia ourebi is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Conservation Dependent . IUCN Profile of the Oribi Mating System and Social Relationships Mating Systems (Male - Female Relationships) The mating system of the oribi is complicated and depends largely on the population density, food abundance, and food quality. www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Mangone/Page%204.html www.ats.ucla.edu What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and Serial Number Organismal classification: evolutionary relationships & ranks www.ats.ucla.edu/at/tiled_displays/oribi. ADW: oribi.jpg What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and Serial Number Organismal classification: evolutionary relationships & ranks animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/corel_cd/oribi.jpg/view.html ADW: Ourebia ourebi: Information The oribi has silky, yellow to reddish-brown coat with white fur on underparts of body and rump. Also, it has a distinctive white line of fur over its eye and a bare, dark patch animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ourebia_ourebi.html Habitat Distribution. The Oribi is found in sub-Sarahan Africa (see map). It generally is found in the grasslands or in very slightly wooded areas . www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Mangone/Page%202.html References References . Arcese, P., Jongegan, G., and Sinclair, A.R.E. (1995). "Behavioral Felxibility in a small African antelope - Group size and composition in the oribi (Ourebia ourebi www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Mangone/Page%206.html ADW: Ourebia: Specimens ...oribi Ourebia ourebi: oribi Ourebia ourebi: oribi Ourebia ourebi : oribi Ourebia ourebi: oribi Ourebia ourebi: oribi Ourebia ourebi : oribi Ourebia ourebi: oribi Ourebia ourebi animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Ourebia.html General Information The Oribi is a species of antelope native to sub-Saharan Africa. They are the largest member of the small antelope group, otherwise known as the dwarf antelope group (Richman 2004). www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Mangone/Page%201.html Social Spacing and Social Grouping Social Spacing & Social Groups. Male Territory and Helper Males. Male oribi maintain a classical territory, which means that all their feeding and mating needs are met in this www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Mangone/Page%203.html Comparative Placentation Despite the fact that this species is not immediately related to the Oribi, its placentation is similar to that species. For the oribi (Ourebia ourebi), Kellas placentation.ucsd.edu/thom.htm
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