Bontebok/Blesbok

Damaliscus pygargus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
FamilyBovidae (Bòvids)
GenusDamaliscus (Sassabies)
SpeciesDamaliscus pygargus (Bontebok/Blesbok)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Kruger National Park

2 Verified records at Kruger National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) is an antelope found in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia. D. pygargus has two subspecies; the nominate subspecies (D. p. pygargus), occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape, and the blesbok (D. p. phillipsi) occurring in the Highveld. The bontebok is related to the common tsessebe. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park

Damaliscus lunatus

10–20% · With luck

Aepyceros melampus

40–50% · Likely

Syncerus caffer

40–50% · Likely

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

40–50% · Likely

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

40–50% · Likely

Connochaetes taurinus

30–40% · Possible

Raphicerus campestris

30–40% · Possible

Tragelaphus scriptus

30–40% · Possible

Tragelaphus angasii

30–40% · Possible

Oreotragus oreotragus

20–30% · Possible

Sylvicapra grimmia

20–30% · Possible

Raphicerus sharpei

10–20% · With luck

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bontebok/Blesbok at Kruger National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
2	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	10–20%
3	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5–10%
4	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
5	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
6	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	Insufficient data
7	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

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Bontebok/Blesbok

Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park

Tsessebe

Impala

African Buffalo

Greater Kudu

Waterbuck

Blue Wildebeest

Steenbok

Northern Bushbuck

Nyala

Klipspringer

Bush Duiker

Sharpe's Grysbok

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found