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Oribi

Educational resources on Oribi

Oribi or Ourebia ourebi is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Conservation Dependent . IUCN Profile of the Oribi

Academic web links for 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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