#bongo

[doyouknowthemossinman]

NEW BONGO CALF AT DENVER ZOO!!!!!!

[bovineblogger]

this is by far my favourite bongo image. the slurperrrr

[tartapng]

I haven't watched phm yet but i like the rocks

[camelidae]

Some teeny little animals for a future project – I kept feeling so nostalgic drawing these and finally realized it was because the size reminds me of Pokemon sprites :p

[sidetable-drawer]

But if you're only passing through, then take me to heaven with you

Or is this a dream too good to be true?

Combining two obscure faves this time. Remember Bongo?

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[animalphotorefs]

New Species Added: Bongo

Today feels like a day for some elusive forest antelope.

Find the rest of them here!

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[mammalianmammals]

Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus), male, family Bovidae, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Rep. of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)

photograph by Dylan Smith

[reasonsforhope]

Emotional Officials Watch 17 Endangered Mountain Bongos Arrive in Kenya for Reintroduction

The struggle to keep one of the world's largest and rarest antelope species alive has taken a massive step forward in Kenya.

"The struggle to keep one of the world’s largest and rarest antelope species alive has taken a massive step forward in Kenya.

17 mountain bongos have been flown to Kenya from the Rare Species Conservation Center in Florida for eventual reintroduction into their natural habitat.

A subspecies of bongo, the largest of the forest-dwelling antelope, the eastern, or mountain bongo, numbers less than 100 individuals, and is listed by the IUCN as Critically-Endangered. More survive today in zoos than in the wild.

The history of the animal is an interesting one, as it’s believed to have become a forest species when climate change turned savannah areas into forests thousands of years ago. In the case of the mountain bongo, their home range is located in southern Kenya, on the slopes of Mount Kenya National Park and in the surrounding woodland.

They are the world’s third-largest antelope species behind the giant eland and common eland.

Pictured: Female mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) photographed at Mount Kenya National Park.

Tourism Minister Rebecca Miano described the arrival of the bongos at the country’s main airport on Sunday night as “emotional and so cool.”

The animals will first be kept in an acclimation center run by the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) that will protect them while they re-hone their instincts for wild living.

Within three months, the BBC reports, the KWS will be welcoming another shipment of these bongo from captive breeding programs across Europe.

The last time a large shipment of animals like this made it to Kenya was in 2004, when 18 animals arrived safely. They successfully integrated with the wild population, and though some died of tick-borne diseases, it demonstrated that captive animals can successfully make it in the wild if given time and training."

-via Good News Network, February 26, 2025