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bontebok

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bon·te·bok  (bnt-bk)
n.
A rare South African antelope (Damaliscus dorcas or D. pygargus) having a dark reddish coat, a white rump, and a white mark on the face.
[Afrikaans : bont, spotted (from Middle Dutch, probably from Latin pnctus; see point) + bok, buck (from Middle Dutch boc).]
bontebok [ˈbɒntɪˌbʌk]
n pl -boks, -bok
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an antelope, Damaliscus pygargus (or dorcas), of southern Africa, having a deep reddish-brown coat with a white blaze, tail, and rump patch
[Afrikaans, from bont pied + bok buck1]
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The rare and beautiful Bontebok antelope and other small buck species can be seen at the Bontebok National Park.
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To update you on what wild animals cost these days: 18 Cape buffalo fetched just over R2m (each fitted with health and identification microchips), 18 mountain zebras were sold for R270,000, 46 bontebok went for R71,000 and a young rhino bull was knocked down to R140,000.
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Spread out below us, on a distant plain, where scattered herds of springbuck, blue and black wildebeest, red hartebeest, zebra, blesbok, and bontebok, all as wild as the wind.
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