Bongo

Bongo (Animal) From LoveToKnow 1911 BONGO (Boocercus eurycerus), a West African bushbuck, the largest of the group.

Bongo Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology (bng´g), spiral-horned antelope, Boocercus eurycerus, found in jungles and thick bamboo forests of equatorial Africa.

Bongos are an extremely elusive species. The bulk of information gathered on the Bongo Antelope typically comes from studies requiring captivity . It is known, however, that the Bongo must inhabit close to dense vegetation.

Bongo Taxonomy Tragelaphus eurycerus [Ogilby, 1837]. Citation: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836:120 [1837]. Type locality: West Africa. The taxonomic record (above) is taken from Wilson and Reeder (1993).

Bongo The bongo is the only Tragelaphid in which both the male and female have horns. Among the various species of antelope in the African Equatorial forrest, Bongos are the largest. They are the only forest antelope to form herds.

Bongos are the largest forest antelope. 2. Native people believe if they eat or touch bongo they will have spasms similar to epileptic seizures. Because of this superstition, bongos have been relatively unharmed in their native ranges.

Bongo is an African native name. Tragos (Greek) a he-goat;.elaphos (Greek) a deer; in combination referring to an antelope. Eurus (Greek) broad, widespread; keras (Greek) the horn of an animal.

Bongos have sturdy, spiraled horns that resemble those of their cousins: nyalas, sitatungas, bushbucks, kudus and elands.

* Bongos are the only forest antelope to form herds (which can range from 5 or 6 up to 50). * Bongos are quite reclusive creatures which has made them difficult to study. Relatively little is known about their activities.

Bongo Bongos has a massive body with high-bent back, its shoulder-height reaches 130 cm, the weight 225 kg. The color of the fur is sincerely bay, with olde... Send greeting Email ...

BONGO The bongo is a large, striped antelope from African forests. CAMEL Camels are large mammals that live in dry areas.

Bongo A large forest-living antelope with a striking reddish coat and black and white markings. Both sexes have slightly spiral horns. Bonnet macaque ...

One involved Sally Blanchard's African Grey, Bongo Marie. Bongo Marie started to chew Sally's wood doors. Crunching the doors made loud sounds. Sally ran and told Bongo Marie to stop.

Kleiman, D.G. 1985. Social and reproductive behavior of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Bongo, (Berlin), 10:45-58 1993. Giant panda. AAZPA Communique, February:8-11 ...

Africa is the home of most antelopes, including the bushbuck ,waterbuck , lechwe, marshbuck , impala , or palla, kudu, nyala , springbuck , bongo .

Sitatunga (T. spekeii) Â- Nyala (T. angasii) Â- Bushbuck (T. scriptus) Â- Mountain Nyala (T. buxtoni) Â- Lesser Kudu (T. imberbis) Â- Greater Kudu (T. strepsiceros) Â- Bongo (T. eurycerus) Taurotragus ...

Moreno, A. (1992) Uber den am Ende des 19 Jahrhunderts aus gestorbenen en Kuba-Ara (Ara cubensis). Bongo 20: 65-68.

Gorilla population surveys, conducted by WCS, have helped the government of Cameroon create a new national park, which will protect more than 600 gorillas and other threatened species, such as chimpanzees, forest elephants, buffalos, and bongo.

See also: Antelope, Oryx, Eland, Deer, Gazelle