Bongo (antelope)
The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a nocturnal antelope. It has two subspecies: the western or lowland bongo, and the eastern or mountain bongo. The western bongo is near threatened and the mountain bongo is critically endangered. Bongos eat plants. They live in forests in Africa. Kenya is the only place eastern bongos live in the wild. Like the west African giraffe, the eastern or mountain bongo is one of the most threatened animals in Africa. Bongos live in both captivity and the wild.
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As bongos grow their horns appear. Both male and female bongos have horns.
Bongo (antelope) Media
A skeleton of the bongo exhibited at the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo
The side facial view of an eastern bongo
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This female eastern bongo presents her hindquarters while looking over her shoulder to check for threats at Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy.
A bongo drinks from a swamp.
A male bongo eating grass at Louisville Zoo
Eastern bongo at Edinburgh Zoo
A young mountain bongo grazes
A baby eastern bongo at Louisville Zoo in Kentucky
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). Tragelaphus eurycerus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 29 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened.