The Blesbok / Bontebok species
| Common name | Scientific name | Average weight of adult male | Average length or shoulder height | Diet | How do they live | Feeding time | Gestation period | Number of young at birth |
| Blesbok | Damaliscus dorcas phillisi | 70 kg | 95 cm | herbivorous grazer | herds | day | 8 months | single lamb |
| Bontebok | Damaliscus dorcas dorcas | 61 kg | 95 cm | herbivorous grazer | herds | day | 8 months | single lamb |
This antelope has two subspecies. The "Bontebok" is found in the Southwestern-Cape. They are a rich dark brown colour with a purple shine and they have white buttocks. They normally have a uninterrupted white marking from their forehead down to the tip of their nose.
They were hunted to the brink of extinction in the previous century but through well planned conservation by a few farmers, their numbers increased and they can be found in many reserves of the Southwestern-Cape.
The Blesbok occurs from the Eastern-Cape to Transvaal and Western-Natal. They are red brown without the purple shine. Their buttocks are a light yellow brown and they have a interrupted white forehead.
They live in open grasslands or small shrubs in the case of the Bontebok. They go into heat during autumn (fall) during which time territorial bulls would collect a few cows and lambs into small herds.