Bontebok

Bontebok
	Bontebok in Bontebok National Park, South Africa.
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
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 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.

The bontebok is related to the common tsessebe.

References

↑ "Battle of 1852". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
↑ "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.

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[IUCN-1] "Battle of 1852". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

[2] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[3] 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.

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