Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1836

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 698

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scientific name	Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1836
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Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1836 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836: 120.

Type Locality: "Their origin is unknown, but I have reason to believe they [the syntypes] came from Western Africa".

Vernacular Names: Bongo.

Distribution: Rain forest of W Africa in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo; C Africa in SE Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo, NE Gabon, Republic of Congo, SW Sudan, Uganda (extinct); and in S Kenya. Occurrence in Equatorial Guinea ( Mbini) questionable.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( Ghana); IUCN – Endangered as T. e. isaaci, otherwise Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Formerly placed in Boocercus . Reviewed by Ralls (1978, Mammalian Species, 111).