The mountain bongo, which has a bright chestnut-red colour with narrow white stripes, is the largest African forest-dwelling antelope, according to the KWS. It is listed by the International Union ...

They are, however, never found far from the water, offering in this respect a curious contrast to many species of African antelopes who inhabit the treeless wilderness of the arid plateaus ...

These large African antelopes can survive indefinitely without drinking. Their feat is made possible by stratagems of physiology that minimize the amount of water they lose through evaporation ...

When joined by tiang antelopes and Mongalla gazelles they form ... which occupies a critical ecological niche between Africa’s lush tropical forests and its arid Sahara sands.