Bongo  (Tragelaphus eurycerus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Bovidae
Genus Tragelaphus (1)
Size Body length: 170 - 250 cm (2)
Tail length: 45 - 65 cm (2)
Shoulder height: 110 - 130 cm (2)
Female weight: 210 - 235 kg (3)
Male weight: 240 - 405 kg (3)

Status

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix III of CITES in Denmark (4). Subspecies: the western bongo (T. e. eurycerus) is classified as Near Threatened (NT), and the eastern bongo, or mountain bongo, (T. e. isaaci) as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1).