Bontebok
The bontebok is a subspecies of Damaliscus pygargus, an antelope found in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. D. pygargus has two subspecies; the bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus),[3] occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape, and the blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) occurring in the Highveld.
| Bontebok | |
|---|---|
| File:Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) (30573334994).jpg | |
| Bontebok in Bontebok National Park, South Africa. | |
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Damaliscus |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/DamaliscusD. pygargus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Damaliscus pygargus (Pallas, 1767)
| |
| Subspecies | |
| |
_(30573334994).jpg){kind=link}
The bontebok is related to the common tsessebe.
Bontebok Media
- Bontebok00.jpg
Drawing of Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus), from "Records of Big Game", Rowland Ward
- Bontebok with calf.jpg
Bontebok with calf in the fynbos
- Buntbock 8426.jpg
Zoo Guangzhou
References
- ↑ "Battle of 1852". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.