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Ourebi, under which name it appears to have been first described and figured 
in Holland by Allamand in 1776. In 1783 Zimmermann based his Antilope 
ourebi upon Allamand’s description, and two years later Schreber’s plate of 
Antilope scoparia was copied from Allamand’s figure. As it is necessary to 
use Ourebia as the generic designation of this Antelope we propose to adopt 
“scoparia,” taken from the peculiar brushes (scope) that defend its knees, 
as its specific name. 
Fig. 23. 
Ourebia scoparia, 3. 
A better figure of this Antelope than that of Allamand was published 
by Lichtenstein about the year 1828 in the third part of his ‘ Darstellung 
neuer oder wenig bekannter Sdugethiere, a work which was devoted to the 
representation of new and little-known mammals of the Berlin Museum. 
Lichtenstein, who had himself travelled in South Africa, states that he had 
met with this species in Cafferland, and that it was known to the colonists 
as the “Bleekbok” or “ Pale-buck,” from its light colour, and was much 
valued as a game animal. 
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