BONGO 



Horns of Male Bongo, from the type specimen in the British Museum. . 



BONGO (Boocercus 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 coloration. It 

 differs, however, in that the tail is tufted (like that of an eland), and 

 also by the presence of horns in both sexes, at least in the East African 

 race (B. euryceros isaaci). The coat is bright chestnut-red, marked with 

 a number of narrow vertical white stripes, a white crescent on the 

 breast, and a pair of white spots below the eyes. There is no throat- 

 fringe, and the hair is short. The worn tips of the horns are yellow. 

 Height about 4 feet. 

 Distribution. West Africa, from Liberia, through Fanti to the 



Ashkankolu Mountains and the Gaboon, and thence through the 



forest district to Uganda. 



Length. 



Circum- m- .. rr- 

 ; ont Straight. ference. Tlp tO Tlp> 



26 



3' 



91 



Locality. 

 Togoland . 

 West Africa 



Owner. 



(See 



Claude Beddington. 

 illustration, p. 310). 

 Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



