Bontebok

Blesbuck vs. Bontebok

• Blesbok: colour of the upper body is reddish brown
• Bontebok: colour of the upper body is a bright dark brown
• Blesbok: flanks are dull brown colour
• Bontebok: flanks, head and upper legs are a purple-black plum colour
• Blesbok: white facial marking is interrupted by a thin brown line 
• Bontebok: white facial marking is uninterrupted to the forehead at the eyes
• Blesbok: rump is a light dull brown colour
• Bontebok: rump and the area surrounding the tail are starkly white
• Blesbok: lower legs are predominantly dark brown
• Bontebok: legs beneath the knees are predominantly white
• Blesbok: front of the horns tend to be yellow-brown in colour
• Bontebok: horns are black