What is Bontebok?
{{about|the antelope|the Dutch village|Bontebok, Heerenveen}} {{speciesbox | name = Bontebok | image = Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) (30573334994).jpg | image_caption = Bontebok in [[Bontebok National Park]], [[South Africa]]. | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |title=''Battle of 1852'' | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6236/50185717#assessment-information}}</ref> | status2 = CITES_A2 | status2_system = CITES | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | taxon = Damaliscus pygargus | authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1767) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''D. p. pygargus'' *''[[Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi| 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''),<ref>{{MSW3|id=14200523}}</ref> 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 == {{reflist}} [[Category:Bovids]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]] {{biology-stub}}