Blesbok

Damaliscus phillipsi
IBlesbok (Xhosa)

Conservation status

Least concern

Habitat

Grasslands

Biology

Females live with their young in small herds, while adult males are solitary and territorial. Young males form their own groups, known as bachelor herds.

Diorama

1963–65

Provenance

1913, Rotterdam Zoological Gardens; 1968, Zurich Zoological Gardens

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