Bongo (antelope) - Wikipedia
WEBDiet. A male bongo eating grass at Louisville Zoo. Like many forest ungulates, bongos are herbivorous browsers and feed on leaves, bushes, vines, bark and pith of rotting trees, grasses /herbs, roots, cereals, and fruits. Bongos require salt in their diets, and are known to regularly visit natural salt licks.
Bongo - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts
WEBDiet of the Bongo. Bongos are browsers, which means that they feed primarily on branches, shrubs, and leaves, rather than on grasses. They also visit salt licks quite regularly to increase their mineral intake, a behavior also shared with okapi. Another similarity to okapi is their long, prehensile tongue.
Bongo - African Wildlife Foundation
WEBBongo have a craving for salt. Like other antelopes, they are herbivorous browsers that feed on leaves, bushes, vines, bark, grasses, roots, cereals, shrubs, flowers, and fruits. They also require salt in their diet and will visit natural salt/mineral licks during the night.
Bongo Antelope: Characteristics, Diet, Facts & More [Fact Sheet]
WEBDiet and Feeding Behavior. Bongos are primarily herbivorous, feeding on a diet that consists of leaves, bark, roots, fruits, and grasses. Their elongated tongue allows them to efficiently strip leaves off branches and their strong …
Bongo Antelope - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
WEBDiet and Nutrition The bongo is herbivorous (folivorous, graminivorous), eating plant matter only. It eats leaves, roots, grasses, and bark, choosing to feed during the night in order to keep out of the way of its many predators. It has a prehensile tongue and uses it to reach the fresh leaves which are higher up and to pull out roots.
Bongo | The Animal Facts | Appearance, Diet, Habitat, Behavior, …
WEBThe bongo is a herbivore which primarily browse for its food. Their diet includes leaves, flowers, twigs, thistles and cereal. Seasonally they may graze on grass.
Animal Guide: Bongo | Nature - PBS
WEBSep 13, 2008 — Location: Central and West Africa. Diet: Twigs, leaves, fruits, and shoots. Average lifespan in the wild: 19 years. Size: Body length 5.6-8.3 ft (1.7-2.5 m); horns 30-39 in (75-99cm) Weight:...
15 Bongo Antelope Facts - Fact Animal
WEBLike most forest ungulates, they are herbivorous and will diet on leaves, bushes, grasses, roots, herbs and fruits,. Bongos form herds and these can range from groups as small as 5 individuals up to as large as 50 individuals (although larger groups are more rarely seen).
Bongo Antelope Facts and Information | United Parks & Resorts
WEBBongos are the largest forest antelope. Native people believe if they eat or touch bongo they will have spasms similar to epileptic seizures. Because of this superstition, bongos have been relatively unharmed in their native ranges. Population counts are sketchy as these are very secretive animals.
Eastern Bongo - Potter Park Zoo
WEBThe bongo requires salt in its diet and often visits natural salt licks. They even eat burned wood and lightning-killed trees to obtain salt. The animal’s large ears account for why they rely on their hearing more than sight or smell.