봉고(Tragelaphus eurycerus)는 중앙아프리카의 삼림 지대에서 사는 영양으로, 성격이 아주 비밀스럽습니다. 붉은 끼가 도는 갈색 털과 몸통에 난 흰색 세로 줄무늬, 희끄무레한 안쪽 다리, 큰 귀, 눈 아래에 노란 V자 무늬를 지녔습니다. 그들의 주요 특징은 위를 향해 나선형으로 난 큰 뿔입니다. 수컷과 암컷의 키는 어깨 높이에서 1.1~1.3m이며, 몸길이는 2.15~3.15m로 서로 비슷하지만, 몸무게는 암컷이 평균 190kg, 수컷이 평균 310kg으로 큰 차이가 납니다.
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Tragelaphus erycerus
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Animal Facts
Although the bongo's horns are used for fighting (especially by males), they are more often used for clearing branches and scrub out of the way while they are foraging in dense woodland.
Bongos are 'crepuscular' animals; they are most active at dusk and dawn.
For the first week of a newborn bongo calf's life, it remains hidden silently in the undergrowth and its mother will return to it often to feed it.
There is a small group of Bongos that live in the mountains of Kenya. These are a subspecies of bongo called the 'mountain bongo' and have been long isolated from the forest population.
Bongos are known to eat charcoal from burned trees after lightning strikes and forest fires. It is believed they use this as a source of salt and minerals.