Educational resources on Bontebok

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

Academic web links for the Bontebok.

Bontebok
Common Name: Bontebok Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Damaliscus Species: pygargus
www.ben.edu/museum/bontebok.asp

ADW: Damaliscus pygargus: Information
Damaliscus pygargus occurs in southern Africa. There are two physically distinct and well-recognized subspecies: bontebok (D. p. pygargus) are found in the highveld and coastal
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Damaliscus_pygargus.html

SPECIES QUICK FACTS
S PECIES Q UICK F ACTS S IZE An average adult bontebok will be 37 inches tall when standing upright on all four legs. W EIGHT The average adult bontebok will weigh close to 120
www.ferris.edu/htmls/News/card/animals/Herbivores/Bontebok.pdf

bioinventory.ice.ucdavis.edu
Information Center for the Environment . Biological Inventories for World Protected Areas . Bontebok National Park . Bontebok National Park
bioinventory.ice.ucdavis.edu/rdf/Bontebok_National_Park.rdf

ADW: bontebok.jpg
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/tanya_dewey/bontebok.jpg/view.html

ADW: bontebok_adultjuv.jpg
Female and juvenile bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus), captive animals.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/tanya_dewey/bontebok_adultjuv.jpg/view.html

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: pygargus
Mammal Species of the World: Information on pygargus ... Author: Pallas, 1767. Citation: Spicil. Zool., 1: 10. Common Name: Bontebok (see comments).
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=14200522

Comparative Placentation
One bontebok placenta that I observed came from a term pregnancy that ended in neonatal demise after Cesarean section for dystocia. The cotyledonary mass
placentation.ucsd.edu/topi.htm

Peter Deunov
Boston University School of Theology ... The Bontebok is an antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho. The Bontebok has two subspecies; the Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Bontebok&Itemid=360

animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
The Bontebok is an antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho. The Bontebok has two subspecies; the Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas), occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape(and which is an endangered
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/tanya_dewey/bontebok.jpg