Ourebia ourebi (Zimmermann 1783)

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Ourebia ourebi (Zimmermann 1783)

[Antilope] ourebi Zimmermann 1783 , Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3: 268.

Type Locality: "Bewohnt die Cafferen" ( South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., Kaffraria); since restricted to one of the syntypical localities: South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., Somerset East Dist., Bruintjieshoogte ( Grubb, 1999).

Vernacular Names: Oribi.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ourebia ourebi subsp. ourebi Zimmermann 1783

Subspecies Ourebia ourebi subsp. dorcas Schwarz 1914

Subspecies Ourebia ourebi subsp. gallarum Blaine 1913

Subspecies Ourebia ourebi subsp. haggardi Thomas 1895

Subspecies Ourebia ourebi subsp. hastata Peters 1852

Subspecies Ourebia ourebi subsp. montana Cretzschmar 1826

Subspecies Ourebia ourebi subsp. quadriscopa C. H. Smith 1827

Subspecies Ourebia ourebi subsp. rutila Blaine 1922

Distribution: Angola, Benin, N Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi (extinct?), Cameroon, Central African Republic, S Chad, N Côte d’Ivoire, N and SE Dem. Rep. Congo, N Eritrea, W Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, S Mali, Mozambique, SW Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, S Senegal, N Sierra Leone, S Somalia, E South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct as O. o. keniae, Vulnerable as O. o. haggardi, otherwise Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: Synonymy modified from Ansell (1972:66). Cotterill (2003 b) regarded haggardi and perhaps hastata as evolutionary species.