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Blesbok

Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi

Photo by RachaelB
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The Blesbok is an antelope endemic to South Africa. It has a distinctive white face and forehead which inspired the name, because bles is the Afrikaans word for a blaze such as one might see on the forehead of a horse.

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PublishedJune 18, 2012

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