Bontebok — printable fact sheet
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Bontebok
Damaliscus pygargus pygargus
The bontebok is a striking antelope native to the southern tip of South Africa, known for its sleek chocolate-brown coat with a distinctive white face and rump. Once on the brink of extinction due to hunting and habitat loss, the bontebok now mainly survives in protected reserve…
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- All wild bonteboks today descend from a single surviving population protected in South Africa's Bontebok National Park.
- Bonteboks were once reduced to fewer than 20 individuals in the wild, but conservation efforts have brought their numbers back. They cannot jump high fences, which helped early conservationists protect them by simply enclosing them. Their name derives from the Afrikaans word 'bont', meaning 'pied' or 'spotted', referencing their unique coloration.
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