bontebok

An ox-antelope (Damaliscus dorcas) native to S Africa; long face; lyre-shaped horns ringed with ridges; dark brown with white face and underparts; two subspecies: bontebok (with white rump) and blesbok (with brown rump).

?Bontebok
Conservation status: Conservation dependent (LR/cd)

Bontebok in the Cape Peninsula National Park

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae
Genus:	Damaliscus
Species:	D. pygargus

Binomial name

Damaliscus pygargus

Subspecies

Damaliscus pygargus pygargus
Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi

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The Bontebok is an antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho.

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