Blesbok
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The blesbok or blesbuck (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) is a subspecies of the bontebok antelope endemic to South Africa, Eswatini and Namibia. It has a distinctive white face and forehead, which inspired the name because bles is the Afrikaans (and Dutch language) word for a blaze such as one might see on the forehead of a horse.
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Blesbok | |
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At Krugersdorp Game Reserve | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
Genus: | Damaliscus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | D. p. phillipsi |
Trinomial name | |
Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi Harper, 1939 | |
Synonyms | |
Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi |
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