Educational resources on Blesbok

Blesbok or Damaliscus pygargus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Conservation Dependent . IUCN Profile of the Blesbok

Academic web links for the Blesbok.

ADW: Damaliscus pygargus: Information
Blesbok also have dark fur on their rumps, while bontebok have a white patch surrounding the tail. Calves are born with lighter brown pelage and dark faces and are identical to the
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Damaliscus_pygargus.html

ADW: blesbok2.jpg
Damaliscus pygargus (blesbok) Permissions for Use. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/david_blank/blesbok2.jpg/view.html

ADW: Damaliscus pygargus: Specimens
...blesbok Damaliscus pygargus: blesbok Damaliscus pygargus: blesbok Damaliscus pygargus : blesbok Damaliscus pygargus: blesbok Damaliscus pygargus: blesbok Damaliscus pygargus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Damaliscus_pygargus.html

ADW: Damaliscus: Specimens
...topi Damaliscus lunatus: blesbok Damaliscus pygargus: blesbok Damaliscus pygargus : blesbok Damaliscus pygargus: blesbok Damaliscus pygargus: blesbok Damaliscus pygargus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Damaliscus.html

Canary Database: Browse by Species: Blesbok
The Canary Database Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program 135 College St Room 366 New Haven, CT, USA 06510-2283
canarydb.med.yale.edu/browse/species/325284

ADW: Damaliscus: Classification
taxon ... Damaliscus pygargus (blesbok)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Damaliscus.html

ADW: Bovidae: Classification
taxon ... topi, blesbok, tsessebe)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Bovidae.html

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: pygargus
Bontebok sensu stricto (D. p. pygargus) only in South Africa (Western Cape Prov.); Blesbok (D. p. phillipsi) formerly in SW Lesotho, South Africa (Northern Cape Prov. E of 23 o E
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=14200522

Dispatches: Kuchy
The vast grassland supports large herds of Burchell’s zebra, springbok, blue and black wildebeest, blesbok, red hartebeest, eland, impala and gemsbok, free-ranging horses, and
www.fiu.edu/~envstud/dispatches/kuchy.htm

Comparative Placentation
Hybrids have been reported between blesbok and bontebok, and between Cape hartebeest and blesbok. An alleged hybrid between a Cape hartebeest and topi has also
placentation.ucsd.edu/topi.htm