Bontebok

Afrikaans name: Bontebok

Bontebok

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Damaliscus pygargus pygarus

Interesting facts about Bontebok

The Bontebok is an attractive antelope and is closely related to the Blesbok.

Both male and female Bontebok have horns but the horns of the males are thicker and longer.

They are found in Fynbos areas particularly where there is short grass.

Territorial males build up a herd of females during the breeding season. The other males form bachelor herds.

Bontebok were almost hunted to extinction. In 1931 the Bontebok National Park was proclaimed and numbers gradually recovered to a few thousand individuals.

References and further reading

Wildlife of the Cape Peninsula - Author: Duncan Butchart - Published: 2001 - Page: 25

What Antelope is That? - Author: Paul Rose - Published: 1967 - Page: 55

Wild Ways - 2nd Edition - Author: Peter Apps - Published: 2000 - Page: 149

Wildlife of Southern Africa - Author: Martin Withers and David Hosking - Published: 2011 - Page: 234

Tracks and Tracking in Southern Africa - Author: Louis Liebenberg - Published: 2000 - Page: 130

The Overberg Explorer - 2nd edition - Author: Ann & Mike Scott - Published: 2001 - Page: 52

The Mammal Guide of Southern Africa - 2nd Edition - Author: Burger Cillie - Published: 2011 - Page: 72

Southern African Wildlife - Author: Readers Digest - Published: 1989 - Page: 55

South African Animals in the Wild - Author: Anthony Bannister - Published: 1985 - Page: 29

Signs of the Wild - 5th Edition - Author: Clive Walker - Published: 1996 - Page: 162

Signs of the Wild - 3rd Edition - Author: Clive Walker - Published: 1986 - Page: 177

Readers Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa - 4th edition - Author: - Published: 1986 - Page: 94

Questions and Answers - Mammals of Southern Africa - Author: Deirdre Richards - Published: 1990 - Page: 19

Questions and Answers - Endangered Wildlife of Southern Africa - Author: John Comrie-Greig - Published: 1992 - Page: 30

Mammals of the Kruger and other National Parks - Author: The National Parks Board - Published: 1980 - Page: 126

Mammals of Southern Africa - Author: Burger Cillie - Published: 1987 - Page: 93

Land Mammals of Southern Africa - A field guide - Author: Reay HN Smithers - Published: 1986 - Page: 162

Maberlys Mammals of Southern Africa - Revised edition - Author: Richard Goss - Published: 1986 - Page: 244

Illustrated Guide to the Game Parks and Nature Reserves of SA - 2nd edn - Author: Readers Digest - Published: 1991 - Page: 415

Field Guide to the Mammals of Southern Africa - 3rd Edition - Author: Chris and Tilde Stuart - Published: 2001 - Page: 208

Field Guide to Fynbos Fauna - Author: Cliff & Suretha Dorse - Published: 2023 - Page: 260

Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa - 1st Edition - Author: Chris and Tilde Stuart - Published: 1997 - Page: 154

Chris and Tilde Stuarts Field Guide to the Mammals of Southern Africa - 1st Edit - Author: Chris and Tilde Stuart - Published: 1988 - Page: 208

A Field Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Southern and East African Wildlife - 3rd - Author: Chris and Tilde Stuart - Published: 2000 - Page: 87

African Wildlife - A photographic safari - Author: Nigel and Wendy Dennis - Published: 1999 - Page: 60

A Field Guide to the Mammals of Africa including Madagascar - Author: Theodor Haltenorth and Helmut Diller - Published: 1980 - Page: 79

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