BONTELOK 145 
Head of Bontebok. 
The BONTEBOK (Damaliscus pygargus). 
Distinguished from the preceding species of the genus by the 
white blaze on the face, which is continuous from the horns to the 
nose. Height at shoulder about 40 inches. Weight about 200 lbs. 
Colour of fore part of back rufous fawn darkening into blackish on the 
back of ears, face, near the rump, flanks, shoulders, front of limbs, and 
tail-tuft ; side of basal part of rump, upper half of tail, under-parts, and 
much of hind surface of limbs white. 
The horns very nearly resemble those of the blesbok in shape, but 
their colour is much darker. 
Distribution—Cape Colony, south of the Orange River; now nearly 
exterminated. Although formerly occurring in tens of thousands 
on the Karus of Cape Colony and near Cape Agulhas, bontebok 
are reduced to a single herd preserved on some flats on the estate 
of Mr. Vander Byl, near Swellendam, in the south of Cape Colony. 
Length on  Circum- 
FOR CUIVE. TEVERGE: Tip to Tip. Locality. Owner. 
163 63 9k ? British Museum. 
164 63 $3 Bredasdorp. : . A. C. Campbell. 
1152 62 8 Do. ‘ ; . British Museum (F. C. Selous). 
1 Weight, 200 lbs. Height, 414 at shoulder. 
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