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being the typical race and inhabiting West Africa, 7’. eu. cooperi occuring 
in the Belgian Congo, and 7. eu. tsaact being the eastern race. BROCKLE- 
HURST (1931) and a few others list a fourth, 7. eu. katanganus from seeenge 
'n the southern Belgian Congo. : 
lt has been called bongo, broad-horned antelope, and harnessed an- 
telope. Recorded native names are: among the Kikuyu »N’Dongorog, 
among the Ndorobo »Siroya«; among the Azande »Mbangana«; among the 
Mandingos »ITromme«; among the Veys »Guin«; among the Congolese 
»Kenge«; among the Liberians »Elk«, and among the Uele »Banganac. 
Geographical Distribution 
It inhabits forest habitat in west, east, and central Africa including 
Liberia, Fanti, the Ashkankolu Mountains, Gaboon, the Gold Coast, the 
Belgian Congo, and the Aberdare Mountains in Kenya. It also occurs 
in extreme southern Sudan along the northern boundaries of the Belgian 
and French Congo (BRocKLEHURST 1931). Finn (1923) recorded the bongo 
in eastern Uganda. It does not occur in Nigeria (CANSDALE-1951). Rooss- 
VELT & HELLER (1914) speaking of East Africa say it is found ony, in 
heavily forested areas and above 6,000 feet (see Fig. 1). 
Description 
It is often described as the most beautiful antelope. Male ead female 
are very similar and, like the eland, both sexes have massive horns, the 
tips of which yellow with age. They spiral in one complete twist, but gene- 
rally the females horns are not as large as males. The record horn measure- 
ment is 391/, inches [isaaci race] (BROCKLEHURST 1931) and an average 
measurement would be 33 inches (WENDER 1947). The ears are large and 
very noticeable. Adults average a shoulder height of 4 feet. Maypon 
(1932) records a cow measuring 52 inches from heel to point of withers 
and a bull measuring 55 inches at the withers. BRocKLEHURST (1931) 
Says adults weigh to 480 Ibs. The species has short hair with an erect mane 
Tunning from shoulder to rump. The basic color is deep chestnut-red with 
the female being a brighter red than the male. Males grow darker with 
age and become black about the head and neck. Both sexes have white 
vertical stripes on the back and sides, numbering 11 to 14 (RoosEvELtt& 
HELLER 1914),. though the usual number is 11 to 12 (CaNspaLz 1951). 
Apparently the number of stripes ‘on each side is rarely equal. The captive 
individual now at the Cleveland Zoological Park has 12 stripes on her left 
side and 13 on her right. Both sexes have a white crescent on the chest 
and both have 2 white spots on the sides of the head and a white bar across 
the snout. RoosEvetr' & HELLER (1914) say: »Newly born young have the 
same color pattern of the adults, but the body is rich tawny and the dark 
areas are much suppressed«, The same authors say: »The eastern race re- 
sembles closely the typical species of West Africa, but appears to be larger 
and darker colored and perhaps marked with a few less transverse 2 cas 
