Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1836

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).