Tragelaphus spekii - #1231
Sitatunga
Three-quarter view from front, male
Geographic Distribution
Disjunct. Swamps in Gambia, W Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and S Senegal; not authentically recorded from Sierra Leone and doubtfully recorded from Côte d’Ivoire. Rainforest and swamps in C and E Angola, S Benin, N Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad (Lake Chad only), Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini), Gabon, SE Ghana, W Kenya, Mozambique (W Tete Prov. only), NE Namibia (Caprivi Strip only), Niger (Lake Chad only; extinct), S Nigeria (and Lake Chad), Republic of Congo, Rwanda, S Sudan, W and NW Tanzania, Togo (extinct?), Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (extreme NW). Occurrence in Ghana only recently confirmed.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Tragelaphus
Specific Epithet
spekii
Image Location
USA, KS, Shawnee Co., Topeka Zoo
Image Date
1991
Photographer
DG Huckaby