dibatagn.
/ˈdɪbətaɡ/ A species of antelope, Ammodorcas clarkei, found in Somalia, having recurved horns ringed at the base.
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1891 Proc. Zool. Soc. ii. 210 The new Gazelle..Somali name ‘Debo Tag’, which means ‘carries tail high’.
1894 Proc. Zool. Soc. ii. 318 The Dibatag is common enough where it is found at all, but it is very local in its distribution.
1945 F. Harper Extinct & Vanishing Mammals of Old World 675 Dibatag; Clarke's Gazelle... This..gazelle is confined to the interior of British and Italian Somaliland and southeastern Ethiopia.
1970 J. P. Dorst & P. Dandelot Field Guide Larger Mammals Afr. 234 Very shy and alert, Dibatag move around a great deal.
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