The western or lowland bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus, is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate and among the largest of the African forest antelope species.

Bongos are further classified into two subspecies: Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus, the lowland or " western bongo ", and the far rarer Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci, the mountain or " eastern bongo " restricted to north-eastern Central Africa.

* ARKive-images and movies of the bongo ( Tragelaphus eurycerus )

The most compelling evidence for the division of the bushbuck into the kéwel ( Tragelaphus scriptus ) and the imbabala ( Tragelaphus sylvaticus ) is that both species are more closely related to other members of the tragelaphine family ( the imbabala to the bongo and the sitatunga, and the kéwel to the nyala ) than to each other.

In a 2008 phylogenomic study of spiral-horned antelopes, chromosomal similarities were observed between cattle ( Bos taurus ) and eight species of spiral-horned antelopes, namely: nyala ( Tragelaphus angasii ), lesser kudu ( T. imberbis ), bongo ( T. eurycerus ), bushbuck ( T. scriptus ), greater kudu ( T. strepsiceros ), sitatunga ( T. spekei ), giant eland ( Taurotragus derbianus ), and common eland ( T. oryx ).

Another similarity to the okapi, even though the bongo is unrelated, is that the bongo has a long prehensile tongue which it uses to grasp grasses and leaves.

In 2000, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums ( AZA ) upgraded the bongo to a Species Survival Plan ( SSP ) Participant, which works to improve the genetic diversity of managed animal populations.

The isolation of the four remaining small bongo populations, which themselves would appear to be in decline, means that a substantial amount of genetic material is lost each generation.

As the largest and most spectacular forest antelope, the western / lowland bongo is both an important flagship species for protected areas such as national parks, and a major trophy species which has been taken in increasing numbers in Central Africa by sport hunters during the 1990s.

They are accompanied by the bongo and güira ( which has replaced the maracas ).

Scott-Heron first recorded it for his 1970 album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, on which he recited the lyrics, accompanied by congas and bongo drums.

Despite having original lyrics, the music of " Bitter Sweet Symphony " contains bongo drums sampled from the Oldham track, which led to a lawsuit with ABKCO Records, Allen Klein's company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones material of the 1960s.

Pythagoras ( on the harp ), a flute player, and a double bass player hold a " jam session " which Donald joins after a few moments using a vase as a bongo drum.

Planned exhibits include tapirs, jaguars, pygmy hippos, bongo and chimpanzees ( all of which already live at the Zoo ), as well as orangutans, gibbons and gorillas.

Prior to the civil war the region's extensive rainforests contained a wide variety of wildlife including wild pigs, bongo, dik-dik, pangolin, civet, pygmy hippo, African buffalo and colobus monkey all of which are hunted for food and hides.

A bongo drinks from a swamp. Angola, Benin extinct ?, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d ' Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya ( the only place where the eastern bongo are found in the wild ), Liberia, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo extinct?

The IUCN Antelope Specialist Group considers the western or lowland bongo, T. eurycerus, to be Lower Risk ( Near Threatened ), and the eastern or mountain bongo, T. e. isaaci, of Kenya to be Critically Endangered.

Other shapes include a frame design ( tar, Bodhrán ), truncated cones ( bongo drums, Ashiko ), goblet shaped ( djembe ), and joined truncated cones ( talking drum ).

The following example shows the most common conga ( two drums ), timbale bell, and bongo bell pattern combination used in salsa music.

doubling bass clarinet ), 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, trumpet in C, timpani, guiro, 5 bongo drums, 4 conga drums, bass drum, suspended cymbal, tambourine, claves, high cowbell, vibraphone, marimba, tubular bells, 2 synthesizers, and strings ( minimum 6 1st.

* October 27 – Steve Peregrin Took ( 31 ), bongo player for Tyrannosaurus Rex later a solo artist / frontman, choking

Bachata groups mainly play a simple style of bolero ( lead guitar instrumentation using arpeggiated repetitive chords is a distinctive characteristic of bachata ), but when they change to merengue based bachata, the percussionist will switch from bongo to a tambora drum.

The Sabri Brothers originally consisted of Ghulam Farid Sabri ( b. 1930 in Kalyana, East Punjab – d. April 5, 1994 in Karachi ; lead vocals, harmonium ), Maqbool Ahmed Sabri ( b. October 12, 1945 in Kalyana – d. September 21, 2011 in South Africa ; lead vocals, harmonium ), Kamal Sabri ( d. 2001 ; vocals, swarmandal ), Mehmood Ghaznavi Sabri ( b. 1949 in Karachi ; vocals, bongo drums, tambourine ), Fazal Islam ( chorus ), Azmat Farid Sabri ( chorus ), Sarwat Farid Sabri ( chorus ), Javed Kamal Sabri ( chorus ), Umer Daraz ( chorus ), Abdul Aziz ( chorus ), Masihuddin ( chorus, tanpura ), Abdul Karim ( dholak ), and Mohammed Anwar ( nal, tabla ).

The eastern or mountain bongo, T. eurycerus isaaci, of Kenya has a coat even more vibrant than that of T. eurycerus eurycerus.

The mountain bongo is only found in the wild in one remote region of central Kenya.

The mountain bongo is classified by the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group as Critically Endangered with more specimens in captivity than in the wild.

In North America, there are thought to be over 400 individuals, a population that probably exceeds that of the mountain bongo in the wild.

In the last few decades there has been a rapid decline in the numbers of wild mountain bongo due to poaching and human pressure on their habitat, with local extinctions reported in Cherangani and Chepalungu hills, Kenya.

Whilst the population remains small, the impact of transfers will be greater, it is for that reason that the establishment of a " metapopulation management plan " occurs concurrently with conservation initiatives to enhance in-situ population growth and why this initiative is both urgent and fundamental to the future survival of mountain bongo in the wild.

A young mountain bongo grazes. One of the reasons often cited for the popularity of the bongo as a prized hunting target was a highly-publicized hunting trip taken by Maurice Stans, an official in Richard Nixon's cabinet, to Uganda.

The eastern / mountain bongo ’ s survival in the wild is dependent on more effective protection of the surviving remnant populations in Kenya.

This is why this initiative is both urgent and fundamental to the future survival of the mountain bongo in the wild.

The species list for each ecosystem has not yet been finalised, but is likely to include manatees, Crocodiles, bonobos, okapi, bongo, Sumatran tiger, orangutan, giraffe, zebra, warthog, kudu, African hunting dog, rhinoceros, brown bear and wolf.

Trophy hunting has the potential to provide economic justification for the preservation of larger areas of bongo habitat than national parks, especially in remote regions of Central Africa where possibilities for commercially successful tourism are very limited ( Wilkie and Carpenter 1999 ).

A baby eastern bongo at Louisville Zoo in Kentucky. To illustrate significance of genetic diversity loss ; assume the average metapopulation size is 35 animals based on 140 animals spread across four populations ( 140 / 4 = 35 ).

His bongo player used a large, hand-held cencerro (' cowbell ') during montunos ( call-and-response chorus section ).

The analog percussion voices consisted of bass drum, snare drum, rim shot, hi-hat, cymbal, maracas, claves, cowbell, high bongo, low bongo, low conga, tambourine, guiro, and " metal beat " ( a ring modulated accent that could be overlaid on the hi-hat voice ).

In the bongo flava, the metaphor of " brains " may additionally refer to the cunning and street smarts of the mselah ( see below ).

His parts along with Quickstrike's were later used by the human settlement as tools ( notably his head is comically used as a bongo drum ).

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