This article is about the antelope. For the Dutch village, see Bontebok, Heerenveen.
Bontebok
Bontebok in Bontebok National Park, South Africa.
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Genus:
Damaliscus
Species:
D. pygargus
Binomial name
Damaliscus pygargus
(Pallas, 1767)
Subspecies
D. p. pygargus
D. p. phillipsi
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),[3] 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.
^"Battle of 1852". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
^Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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