The blesbok or blesbuck (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) has a distinctive white face and forehead which inspired its name – bles is the Afrikaans word for a blaze such as one might see on the forehead of a horse. A subspecies of the bontebok antelope endemic to South Africa, Eswatini and Namibia, the male has S-shaped horns that are 35–50 cm (14–20 inches) long; the female's horns are somewhat shorter and thinner.
