The world’s most big forest antelope seen in Uganda

Last week a new Antelope species Tragrlaphus eurycerus ‘’the lowland Bongo’’ was discovered and recorded in Uganda for the first time in Semliki national park by scientists. The Bongo is the largest forest Antelope in the world and it has miraculously been sighted in Uganda on the first large scale camera trap survey of semuliki. According to the press release by BBC, the Camera trap is reported to have capture several more mammals however it’s only the Lowland Bongo that had never been sighted anywhere in the area.

The Lowland Bongo World’s largest forest antelope, Feeds on leaves, bushes, vines, bark, grasses, roots, cereals, shrubs and fruit, Bongos are nervous and easily frightened, mainly living alone, Adult males will occasionally meet and fight with their horns.

Guma Nelson, chief warden of nearby Kibale Conservation Area, says in the press release that the discovery of these rare antelopes shows there are more animals that are yet to be discovered in the park and the other forests of the Albertine Rift, the ancient geologic formation that surrounds it.

 “It could be that bongo and other species are moving between Virunga National Park in DRC and Uganda, showing just how important it is to protect the rainforests, which still connect the two countries” said Stuart Nixon of Chester Zoo’s Africa Field Programme

The Lowland Bongo World’s largest forest antelope, Feeds on leaves, bushes, vines, bark, grasses, roots, cereals, shrubs and fruit, Bongos are nervous and easily frightened, mainly living alone, Adult males will occasionally meet and fight with their horns

The researchers think there may be other rare animal species in the forest, which are yet to be discovered. “There are very few places on the map that are true wildernesses,” said Scott Wilson,