Bontebok
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This article is about the antelope. For the Dutch village, see Bontebok, Heerenveen.
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.
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Bontebok | |
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Bontebok in Bontebok National Park, South Africa. | |
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) | |
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The bontebok is related to the common tsessebe.