mountain bongo
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The mountain bongo is the largest, most colorful, and most social of Africa's forest antelopes. It is also the third heaviest antelope. Both males and females have massive, spiraling horns. Males can weigh up to 400 kg (880 pounds), while females weigh around 240 kg (530 pounds). Their reddish-brown coat is marked with 12 to 14 vertical white stripes, which help camouflage them in the forest.
Mountain bongos inhabit protected mountain forests in Kenya, typically between 2,000 and 3,000 meters (7,000 and 10,000 feet) above sea level. They are browsers, feeding on foliage from a variety of trees, bushes, and vines. Their populations are increasingly fragmented and threatened by human activity, poaching, and predation.12
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