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Head of Bongo. 
The BONGO (Bodcercus euryceros). 
This magnificent antelope, which comes next in point of size to 
the eland and kudu, was long considered a member of the bushbuck 
group, with which it agrees in the general type of colouring. It 
differs, however, in that the tail is tufted (like that of an eland), and 
also by the presence of horns in both sexes, and some white marks on 
the legs; the front of the face being brown, with a tawny patch round 
each eye. The general colour of the coat is bright chestnut-red, marked 
with a number of narrow vertical white stripes, a white crescent on the 
breast, a white chevron on the forehead, and two white spots below 
each eye. In old bulls the coat becomes mahogany-colour. ‘There 
is no dewlap, throat-fringe, or frontal tuft, and the hair is short. The 
worn tips of the horns are yellow. Height about 4 feet. 
