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 Lower Risk/near threatened (LR/nt) on the IUCN Red List 2006 (1), and listed on Appendix III of CITES in Denmark (4). Subspecies: the western bongo (T. e. eurycerus) is classified as Lower Risk/near threatened (LR/nt), and the eastern bongo, or mountain bongo, (T. e. isaaci) as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List 2006 (1).