[Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci]
Habitat: Lowlands and mountain forests
Height: 50" at the shoulder
Weight: 500-900 lbs
Max Lifespan: 19 years
Gestation Period: 9 1/2 months
Number of Young: 1
Horns: Male & Female

- Also known as the Mountain Bongo
- largest and heaviest forest antelope
- is the only forest antelope that gathers in herds
- males have massive backswept horns while females have smaller, thinner and more parallel horns
- all bongos in captivity are from the isolated Aberdere Mountain portion of the species' range in central Kenya
- for years, many people native to the Bongos habitat believed that if they ate or touched a Bongo they would have spasms similar to epileptic seizures