Bongo (01)πŸƒ

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

πŸƒBongo

Tragelaphus eurycerus (Ogilby, 1837)

De bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is een Afrikaanse antilope uit de familie der holhoornigen (Bovidae). Het is de enige soort uit het ondergeslacht Boocerus, wat soms als een apart geslacht wordt beschouwd.

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Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
271 kg
Body length
2.39 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
22 years
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Everything we know about the Bongo

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
271 kg
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Source: COMBINE Β· v1 (Soria et al. 2021) Β· CC BY 4.0

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  • 308 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
2.39 m
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Brain mass
384 g
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Maximum lifespan
22 years
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  • 22 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
7 years
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Age at maturity
2.4 years
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Gestation
288 days
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Source: COMBINE Β· v1 (Soria et al. 2021) Β· CC BY 4.0

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  • 288 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Source: COMBINE Β· v1 (Soria et al. 2021) Β· CC BY 4.0

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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
COMBINE
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Source: COMBINE Β· v1 (Soria et al. 2021) Β· CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Population density
0.09 per kmΒ²
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Source: COMBINE Β· v1 (Soria et al. 2021) Β· CC BY 4.0

Volume l
271 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Bongo yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. β€ΊphylumChordata
  3. β€ΊclassMammalia
  4. β€ΊorderArtiodactyla
  5. β€ΊfamilyBovidae
  6. β€ΊgenusTragelaphus
  7. β€ΊspeciesTragelaphus eurycerus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals Β· Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
  3. familyBovidae
  4. subfamilyBovinae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals Β· Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyBovinae
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Closest relative on this site
πŸƒ Common eland β€” last shared an ancestor β‰ˆ 3.6 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Bongo (de), bongo (fr), Bongo leΕ›ne (pl), Χ‘Χ•Χ Χ’Χ• (he), 봉고 (ko), Tragelaphus eurycerus (es) … and 21 more languages
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