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The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a large, mostly nocturnal, forest-dwelling antelope, native to sub-Saharan Africa. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes, and long slightly spiralled horns.
The endangered eastern bongo species, a type of antelope, became one calf safer from extinction after a recent Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens birth. The endangered eastern bongo species, a type of ...
The typical habitat for the mountain nyala is composed of montane woodlands at an altitude of 3,000–3,400 m (9,800–11,200 ft). The vegetation generally includes African juniper ( Juniperus procera ), Afrocarpus gracilior , and Olea at lower levels and Hagenia abyssinica , juniper, and Hypericum revolutum in the upper reaches.
Nyota, a 2-year-old Eastern bongo, arrived at the Milwaukee County Zoo in October 2023. Now, all three Eastern bongos can be seen by visitors in the African Forest habitat. The zoo notes that ...
The sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) or marshbuck [3] is a swamp-dwelling medium-sized antelope found throughout central Africa, centering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, parts of Southern Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Ghana, Botswana, Rwanda, Zambia, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Location of the Central African Republic. The wildlife of the Central African Republic is in the vast natural habitat in the Central African Republic (CAR) located between the Congo Basin's rain forests and large savannas, where the human density was smaller than 0.5 per km 2 prior to 1850.
Bongo Country, the name of several places in Africa; Bongo District, a district in the Upper East Region of Ghana Bongo, Ghana, a town, capital of Bongo District; Bongo (Ghana parliament constituency), in Bongo District; Bongo Gewog, a village in Chukha District, Bhutan; Bongo, Ivory Coast, a sub-prefecture and commune
The western black rhinoceros that was indigenous to the Central African Republic has gone extinct in 2011. The site was added to the List of World Heritage in Danger after reports of illegal grazing and poaching by heavily armed hunters, who may have harvested as much as 80% of the park's wildlife.