Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- subspecies: Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi
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Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 85-100cm; the neck and top of the back are brown; the flanks and buttocks are darker; the belly and part of the legs are white; the face is brown with a small blaze above the eyes and a big blaze on the snout; the ears are white and pointy; the tail is black and bushy; both sexes have horns; it differs from the Bontebok by the blazes on the face being seperated; |
Countries: | - ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: | - AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
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References: | Cillié 1997: 70 |