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Description
Common Name: Bongo
Common Name Synonyms: Bongo Antelope
Scientific Name: Tragelaphus eurycerus
Size: 110-130cm tall in the shoulders, 215-315cm long
Classification: Artiodactyl Ungulate
Habitat: Jungles, Forests
Diet: Herbivorous; diet consisted of branches, leaves, bushes, vines, bark, pith of rotting trees, grasses, roots, cereal, salt
Description: One of the most brightly-colored and the largest of the jungle antelopes in Africa. The bongo had been reddish in their fur, but their stripes are white, so they can camouflage, in order to hide themselves from lions, leopards, and spotted hyenas. A herd of bongos are consisted of dozens of cows, their calves, all lead by an alpha male. Both sexes are similar in sizes. These antelopes are native to Central Africa. Most males are solitary. Western Lowland Bongos are least concerned, while their eastern species are critically endangered species.

Art (C) Shawn Brunner ,aka Patchi1995

Description
Common Name: Bongo
Common Name Synonyms: Bongo Antelope
Scientific Name: Tragelaphus eurycerus
Size: 110-130cm tall in the shoulders, 215-315cm long
Classification: Artiodactyl Ungulate
Habitat: Jungles, Forests
Diet: Herbivorous; diet consisted of branches, leaves, bushes, vines, bark, pith of rotting trees, grasses, roots, cereal, salt
Description: One of the most brightly-colored and the largest of the jungle antelopes in Africa. The bongo had been reddish in their fur, but their stripes are white, so they can camouflage, in order to hide themselves from lions, leopards, and spotted hyenas. A herd of bongos are consisted of dozens of cows, their calves, all lead by an alpha male. Both sexes are similar in sizes. These antelopes are native to Central Africa. Most males are solitary. Western Lowland Bongos are least concerned, while their eastern species are critically endangered species.

Art (C) Shawn Brunner ,aka Patchi1995