134 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Scopophorus scoparius, JentinJc, Cat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. (Mus. 



Pays-Bas, vol. ix) p. 131, 1887, Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mus. (op. 



cit. vol. xi) p. 160, 1892. 

 Neotragus scoparius, Barkley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 132 ; Rendall, 



ibid. 1895, p. 361. 

 Ourebia scoparia, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii, 



p. 15, 1895; W. L. Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i r 



p. 170, 1900. 

 Oribia scoparia, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 238, 



1899, Game Animals of Africa, p. 169, 1908 ; Kirby, Great and 



Small Game of Africa, p. 239, 1899; Ward, Eecords of Big 



Game, ed. 6, p. 176, 1910 ; Letcher, Big Game N.E. Rhodesia, 



p. 196, 1911. 

 Ourebia ourebi, quoted by LydekJcer, Game Animals of Africa, p. 169, 



note, 1908 * ; PococJc, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 882. 

 Ourebia oribi, Thomas and Wroughton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 



vol. xix, p. 387, 1907. 



ORIBI. 



Type of genus ; also of Scopophorus. 



Typical locality Cape Colony. 



Size large ; height at shoulder from about 24 to 26 inches. 

 General colour bright sandy rufous ; chin, a stripe over 

 outer angle of each eye, and under-parts (exclusive of throat) 

 white ; generally a dark brown triangular mark on forehead ; 

 subauricular bare patch small and indistinct; tail sandy 

 rufous in its basal third, elsewhere thickly tufted and black, 

 length about 4 J inches ; skull with large slender muzzle, 

 and large and open lachrymal depressions, of which the 

 upper and lower borders are strongly ridged. Horns, of 

 which fine specimens measure from 5 to 7 inches in length, 

 slender, evenly tapering, inclined backwards at an angle of 

 about 45 to the plane of the face, with a slight upward and 

 forward curvature ; their ridges approximated, low, rounded, 

 indistinct, and restricted to the basal two-thirds. Length of 

 hind-foot 11, of ear 3f inches ; basal length of skull 5J, 

 maximum width 2J, length from muzzle to orbit 3f inches. 



The range appears to extend as far north as the Zambesi 

 on the east, and into Congo territory on the west. 



46. 10. 26. 18. Skull and skin, female. South Africa, 



Purchased, 1846. 



46. 10. 26. 17. I Skull and skin, female. South Africa. 



46. 1. 9. 13. ) Purchased, 1846. 



* There is some earlier reference. 



