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The blesbok, or blesbuck, is a subspecies of the bontebok antelope endemic to South Africa, Eswatini and Namibia. It has a distinctive white face and forehead, which gave rise to its name: bles is the Afrikaans word for a blaze, such as the marking sometimes seen on a horses forehead.

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