Eastern or mountain bongo
Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci
Bongo (Swahili)
Habitat
Dense tropical mountain forests
Conservation status
Critically endangered. Only a few of these creatures can still be found in a small area of Kenya. The species is at risk from habitat loss due to forest clearance, agriculture and development, as well as hunting.
Biology
The males are solitary, living apart from the groups of females with their young.
Diorama
1935
The concave back of the male displayed here is not anatomically correct.
Provenance
22 February–12 April 1924, Kijabe, Aberdare Mountain Range, Kenya, Bernard von Wattenwyl