Juvenile Bongo at Werribee Open Range Zoo : Licking lips . . .
This image is included in 3 galleries :- 1) "Février 2021 #2" curated by Impatience_1, 2) "Bébés et jeunes animaux...#11" by Impatience_1 and 3) "A World of Wonder 40" by thanks 173rd Airborne.
This image of a beautiful juvenile bongo (striped forest antelopes) was captured at Werribee Open Range Zoo, about 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Horns were not developed at this stage.
The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes and long slightly spiralled horns. Bongos are the only tragelaphid in which both sexes have horns.
The scientific name of the bongo is Tragelaphus eurycerus, and it belongs to the genus Tragelaphus and family Bovidae. It was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1837. The generic name Tragelaphus is composed of two Greek words: trag-, meaning a goat; and elaphos, meaning deer. The specific name eurycerus originated from the fusion of eurus (broad, widespread) and keras (an animal's horn). The common name "bongo" originated probably from the Kele language of Gabon. The first known use of the name "bongo" in English dates to 1861.
Bongos are further classified into two subspecies: T. e. eurycerus, the lowland or western bongo, and the far rarer T. e. isaaci, the mountain or eastern bongo, restricted to the mountains of Kenya only. The eastern bongo is larger and heavier than the western bongo. Two other subspecies are described from West and Central Africa, but taxonomic clarification is required. They have been observed to live up to 19 years.
(explored Jan 6, 2021 #80)
Juvenile Bongo at Werribee Open Range Zoo : Licking lips . . .
This image is included in 3 galleries :- 1) "Février 2021 #2" curated by Impatience_1, 2) "Bébés et jeunes animaux...#11" by Impatience_1 and 3) "A World of Wonder 40" by thanks 173rd Airborne.
This image of a beautiful juvenile bongo (striped forest antelopes) was captured at Werribee Open Range Zoo, about 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Horns were not developed at this stage.
The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes and long slightly spiralled horns. Bongos are the only tragelaphid in which both sexes have horns.
The scientific name of the bongo is Tragelaphus eurycerus, and it belongs to the genus Tragelaphus and family Bovidae. It was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1837. The generic name Tragelaphus is composed of two Greek words: trag-, meaning a goat; and elaphos, meaning deer. The specific name eurycerus originated from the fusion of eurus (broad, widespread) and keras (an animal's horn). The common name "bongo" originated probably from the Kele language of Gabon. The first known use of the name "bongo" in English dates to 1861.
Bongos are further classified into two subspecies: T. e. eurycerus, the lowland or western bongo, and the far rarer T. e. isaaci, the mountain or eastern bongo, restricted to the mountains of Kenya only. The eastern bongo is larger and heavier than the western bongo. Two other subspecies are described from West and Central Africa, but taxonomic clarification is required. They have been observed to live up to 19 years.
(explored Jan 6, 2021 #80)