THE CAPE ORIBI 



Selous mentions having seen a fawn during the 

 month of August which appeared to be about a 

 month old at the time. 



The Klipspringer is a thick-set little antelope 

 averaging 22 inches in height at the shoulder. The 

 body is covered with bristle-like hair, and each hair 

 is hollow and flattened in section. It lies thick and 

 compactly on the body, but is nevertheless light and 

 cool owing to its nature. The hair is pale grey 

 at the base, brown in the middle and yellow at the 

 tip, imparting a speckled yellow and brown eflEect. 



The females are hornless. 



THE CAPE ORIBI 



(Ourebia ourebi) 



Ourebi, Ourebikje and Bleekbok of the Colonists ; lula of Zulus, 

 Swazis, Amaxosa and Matonga ; Fulukudukamani of Basuto. 



The Cape Oribi inhabits the eastern side of South 

 Africa from the south-eastern portions of the Cape 

 Province through Basutoland, Natal, Zululand, 

 Orange Free State, Eastern Transvaal and the low 

 country of Rhodesia, and west to Bechuanaland, and 

 east to Portuguese East Africa. North of the Zambesi 

 its range extends to British Central Africa, where it 

 is replaced by Peters' Oribi (Ourebia hastatd). 



The Oribi inhabits the open, treeless, grassy veld, 

 bush-veld, low foot-hills, and even the flat tops of 

 mountain ranges. 



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