Blesbok
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Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi ...
Blesbok
Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi (Pallas, 1767)
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Blesbok
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see damalisk.
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Damalisk - name for African antelopes of the genus Damaliscus, closely related to the hartebeest.
The blesbok distribution range formerly extended over the entire highveld. The blesbok range is historically confined to the south-western Cape Province in South Africa .
Blesbok
The blesbok, or blesbuck, Damaliscus albifrons, is an Antelope, in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla ...
Blesbok calves differ from most other small or medium antelope species by staying with their mothers instead of hiding.
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Bontebok, Blesbok
Taxonomy Damaliscus pygargus [Pallas, 1767]. Citation: Spicil. Zool., 1:10. Type locality: South Africa, Cape Prov., Swart River.
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The blesbok, the bontebok, and the members of the genus Dameliscus are also called hartebeests.
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The last section of the true antelopes is the Bubalinae, represented by the hartebeest, Bubalis, blesbok and sassaby (Damaliscus), and the gnu or wildebeest (Connochaetes, also called Catoblepas), ...
Genus Damaliscus (topi, blesbok, tsessebe)
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The tribe Alcelaphini evolved in Africa about 6 million years BP and includes the three genera Connochaetus or wildebeest, Damaliscus the blesbok and tsessebe and Alcelaphus the hartebeest. There are two species and four subspecies of wildebeest ...
 See also: Antelope, Bontebok, Hartebeest, Topi, Wildebeest
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