| Blesbok | |
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| At Krugersdorp Game Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Damaliscus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | D. p. phillipsi
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| Trinomial name | |
| Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi Harper, 1939
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| Synonyms | |
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Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi | |
The blesbok or blesbuck (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) is a subspecies of the bontebok antelope endemic to South Africa, Eswatini and Namibia. It has a distinctive white face and forehead, which inspired the name because bles is the Afrikaans (and Dutch language) word for a blaze such as one might see on the forehead of a horse.
- ^ Dalton, D.; Parrini, F.; Viljoen, P.; Gaylard, A.; Peinke, D. (2017). "Damaliscus pygargus ssp. phillipsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T30209A50197495. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T30209A50197495.en. Retrieved 23 November 2019.