Damaliscus pygargus - #1777
Blesbok
Reclining adult showing rump and face. Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi.
Geographic Distribution
Formerly in SW Lesotho, South Africa (Northern Cape Prov. E of 23oE, Eastern Cape Prov., Free State, North-West Prov., Gautung, Mpumalanga, and NW and W KwaZulu-Natal), and Swaziland; now only in captivity, or as reintroduced populations in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Introduced on private land in Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Damaliscus
Specific Epithet
pygargus
Image Location
USA, DC, Washington, National Zoological Park
Image Date
June 28, 1994
Photographer
DG Huckaby