| SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION |
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| COMMON NAME: | blesbok | | KINGDOM: | Animalia | | PHYLUM: | Chordata | | CLASS: | Mammalia | | ORDER: | Artiodactyla | | FAMILY: | Bovidae | | GENUS SPECIES: | Damaliscus (heifer, young cow) dorcas (antelope) phillipsi (scientific explorer) | |
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| DESCRIPTION: | Medium-sized antelope with copper brown fur and black spiral horns | |
| SIZE: | 85-100 cm (34-40 in) | |
| WEIGHT: | | | MALE | 65-80 kg (143-176 lbs) | | FEMALE | 55-70 kg (121-154 lbs) | |
| DIET: | Grazers; eating grass in sparse wooded areas | |
| GESTATION: | 7.5-8 months; one young per birth; mating occurs between April and June, with the subsequent calves being born from November to February. Mothers do not leave the herd to give birth. | |
| SEXUAL MATURITY: | 2.5 years | |
| LIFE SPAN: | Up to 17 years | |
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| HABITAT: | Highveld, or higher elevation grasslands | |
| POPULATION: | GLOBAL | No data | |
| STATUS: | IUCN | Lower Risk/Conservation Dependent | | CITES | Subspecies not listed | | USFWS | Subspecies, bontebok is Endangered | |
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