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Die geskiedenis van die Nasionale Bontebokpark, Swellendam
Submitted: 29 July 1975 | Published: 29 July 1975
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A.P.J. van Rensburg,Full Text:
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A description of the early history of the Swellendam district is given. The following aspects of the bontebok Damaliscus dorcas dorcas (Pallas, 1766) are discussed: distribution; origins of the historical confusion between bontebok and blesbok (D. d. phillipsi Harper, 1939); decline of the sub-species; conservation measures and redistribution.
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