they have increased in population to the point where they are now very abundant and avidly farmed, because they are popular quarry for hunters and are easy to sustain. In culture The bontebok is the provincial animal of Western Cape. References Skead, C.J., 1980. Historical mammal incidence in the Cape Province Volume 1. The Department of Nature and Environmental Conservation of the Provincial Administration of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town. Damaliscus Mammals of South Africa Mammals of Lesotho Mammals of Namibia Afrikaans words and phrases Mammals of Southern Africa Fynbos Renosterveld Mammals described in 1767 Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas