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Bontebok
Damaliscus pygargus pygarus
-34.2938, 18.4035
Field Notes
Description:
"The bontebok is an antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho. The bontebok has two subspecies; the endangered bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygarus), occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape, and the blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) occurring in the highveld." (Wikipedia)
Habitat:
Bontebok are very shy, and you have to be slow and patient if you don't want them to bolt when they see you. This little group having a nibble at sundown at Cape Point, South Africa were keeping a careful eye on us...
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PublishedJune 20, 2014
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