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This female eastern bongo presents her hindquarters while looking over her shoulder to check for threats at Mt.

Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. Like other forest ungulates, bongos are seldom seen in large groups.

Males, called bulls, tend to be solitary while females with young live in groups of 6 to 8.

Bongos have seldom been seen in herds of more than 20.

Gestation is approximately 285 days ( 9. 5 months ) with one young per birth with weaning at 6 months.

Sexual maturity is reached at 24 – 27 months.

The preferred habitat of this species is so dense and difficult to operate in that few Europeans or Americans observed this species until the 1960s.

Current living animals derive solely from Kenyan importations made during the period 1969 – 1978.