Tragelaphus

• Gedemsa Tragelaphus buxtoni

  

  The mountain nyala, also called Gedemsa, is a large bovid of the Ethiopian highlands. The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority lists the Bale Mountains and Arsi Mountains among its localities.

• Bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus

  

  A forest antelope with pale stripes that shelters in dense undergrowth.

• Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus

  

  The northern bushbuck is an antelope ranging from the Sahel to eastern and parts of central-southern Africa. Its white spots and stripes vary by region, and males have spiralled horns.

• Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii

  

  A wetland antelope adapted to life among swamp vegetation.

• Cape Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus

  

  A bushbuck studied in KwaZulu-Natal, eastern South Africa. The sexes differ in coat colour, and only males have horns.

• Somali Bushbuck Tragelaphus fasciatus

  The Somali bushbuck form is recorded in dense forest along the Webbe River in Somaliland. Skins from Sen Morettu were described with reddish-yellow coats and white flank stripes and spots in males.

• Nile Sitatunga Tragelaphus larkenii

  Males are described with dark striped coats and females with reddish-brown coats. HMW (2011) gives the type area south of Yambio, while leaving unresolved whether Sudd animals belong to the same taxon.

• Menelik's Bushbuck Tragelaphus meneliki

  This bushbuck is recorded in Ethiopia’s highland forests and is described with white patches on the throat and legs. In the Wof-Washa Forest study, young leaves were the plant part most often recorded as eaten.

• Chobe Bushbuck Tragelaphus ornatus

  Recorded around the Chobe River and Okavango in northern Botswana, this bushbuck has dark red, white-striped males. The Chobe account includes occasional daytime movement and feeding.

• Selous's Sitatunga Tragelaphus selousi

  Tragelaphus selousi is a regional form of sitatunga recorded in wetlands around Lake Ngami and the Zambezi basin. The described male was dark yellow-brown, with pale marks near the eyes and on the cheeks and throat.

• Nkosi Island Sitatunga Tragelaphus sylvestris

  This sitatunga form was recorded on Nkose Island in Lake Victoria. Adult males observed in 1915 were dull mouse-coloured; the animals reportedly browsed bark in dense dry forest. Uganda’s 2016 assessment instead lists deepwater swampland.

• Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus

  The northern bushbuck is an antelope ranging from the Sahel to eastern and parts of central-southern Africa. Its white spots and stripes vary by region, and males have spiralled horns.

• Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii

  A wetland antelope adapted to life among swamp vegetation.

• Cape Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus

  A bushbuck studied in KwaZulu-Natal, eastern South Africa. The sexes differ in coat colour, and only males have horns.

• Gedemsa Tragelaphus buxtoni

  The mountain nyala, also called Gedemsa, is a large bovid of the Ethiopian highlands. The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority lists the Bale Mountains and Arsi Mountains among its localities.

• Bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus

  A forest antelope with pale stripes that shelters in dense undergrowth.