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bontebok
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. ==Description==
The bontebok is a tall, medium-sized antelope. They typically stand high at the shoulder and measure along the head and body. The tail can range from . Body mass can vary from . Males are slightly larger and noticeably heavier than females.〔Burnie D and Wilson DE (Eds.), ''Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife''. DK Adult (2005), ISBN 0789477645〕 The bontebok is a chocolate brown colour, with a white underside and a white stripe from the forehead to the tip of the nose, although there is a brown stripe across the white near the eyes in most blesbok. The bontebok also has a distinctive white patch around its tail (whence the Latin name), while this patch is light brown/tan in blesbok. The horns of bontebok are lyre-shaped and clearly ringed. They are found in both sexes and can reach a length of half a metre.
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