Bontebok/Blesbok
Damaliscus pygargus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,391
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) is an antelope found in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. D. pygargus has two subspecies; the nominate subspecies (D. p. pygargus), occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape, and the blesbok (D. p. phillipsi) occurring in the Highveld. The bontebok is related to the common tsessebe.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bontebok”.