Blaaubok
Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766)
Status not recordedmammalsExtinct
The blaaubok (Hippotragus leucophaeus) is a species in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. Recorded adults weigh 150 kg to 225 kg and live up to 25.9 years.
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Quick facts about the blaaubok
- Weight
- 150 kg – 225 kg
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 25.8 years
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 284 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1
- Age at maturity
- 2 years – 2.23 years
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1.18
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the blaaubok live?
Not recorded
Is the blaaubok endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the blaaubok classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderArtiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusHippotragus
- SpeciesHippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766)
Synonyms Antilope leucophaeus
Other names and names in other languages (21)
- Blue antelopeEnglish
- Blue buckEnglish
- BluebuckEnglish
- BlaubokAfrikaans
- antilopa modráCzech
- BlaubockGerman
- siniantilooppiFinnish
- Hippotrague bleuFrench
- Kék lóantilopHungarian
- Antilope azzurraItalian
- ブルーバックJapanese
- BlåbukkNorwegian Bokmål
- BlauwbokDutch
- antylopowiec modryPolish
- Palanca-azulPortuguese
- Голубая антилопаRussian
- BloubokAfrikaans
- VaalwitpensAfrikaans
- Kaapse BlaauwbokDutch
- SteinbokDutch
- Antílope-azulPortuguese
Relatives of the blaaubok
Other species in the same genus Hippotragus.

Sable antelope
Hippotragus niger

Roan antelope
Hippotragus equinus
Roosevelt's sable antelope
Hippotragus roosevelti
CompareBlaaubok vs Sable antelopeBlaaubok vs Roan antelopeBlaaubok vs Roosevelt's sable antelope
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blaaubok?
An adult blaaubok weighs 150 kg – 225 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the blaaubok live?
The blaaubok has a recorded lifespan of 25.8 years.
How long is the blaaubok pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 284 days.
What kind of animal is the blaaubok?
The blaaubok (Hippotragus leucophaeus) belongs to the family Bovidae in the order Artiodactyla.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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