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1. At the top in light yellow, the species' name is shown together with, when applicable, its IUCN code (click on the code and you will be redirected to IUCN's webpage with detailed information about this threatened species) and, if you have ticked the species, a green tick to the right
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Blesbok
Damaliscus pygargus
  (Pallas, 1767)
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Taxonomy and Distribution

Taxa

 phillipsiThe Blesbok’s historical distribution included the highveld of Free State and Gauteng provinces, parts of western and north-western KwaZulu-Natal, and the northern Karoo in the Eastern and Northern Cape, South Africa. The Blesbok was formerly present in western Lesotho, but exterminated before 1900. There is no reliable historical evidence that Blesbok occurred in Swaziland, but they have been introduced to Malolotja Nature Reserve and Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary. The Blesbok has been introduced widely to privately owned game farms outside its natural range in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
 pygargusThe Bontebok was historically confined to the coastal plain (60-200 m) of the Western Cape, South Africa, where overhunting reduced it from locally abundant to the verge of extinction. Extralimital populations have been established in West Coast National Park and at least two local authority reserves. Bontebok populations have also been established on private farms both within its natural range and elsewhere, e.g., in Eastern Cape and Free State provinces.
 Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus (36253)
 Southernmost Cape and disjunct eastern inland South Africa, western Lesotho, western Swaziland. Historically confined to the coastal plain (60-200 m) of the Western Cape, and the highveld of Free State and Gauteng provinces, parts of western and north-western KwaZulu-Natal, and the northern Karoo in the Eastern and Northern Cape, South Africa. It has been introduced widely to privately owned game farms outside its natural range in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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