#0501 · 🦊 mammals

Northern Bushbuck

🇳🇱 Bosbok ·Tragelaphus scriptus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The imbabala or Cape bushbuck ( Tragelaphus sylvaticus ) is a widespread species of antelope in Sub-Saharan Africa. Formerly, two species were recognized under the generic name "bushbuck"; the kéwel ( Tragelaphus scriptus ) and the imbabala ( Tragelaphus sylvaticus ). Both species are more closely related to other members of the tragelaphine family than to each other (the imbabala to the bongo and the sitatunga, and the kéwel to the nyala). Bushbuck are found in rain forests, montane forests, forest-savanna mosaics,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,852iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,852 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766 (260 years ago).