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Tragelaphus scriptus (Bushbuck)

bosbok [Afrikaans]; Buschbock, Schirrantilope [German]; antilope harnaché, guib [French]; mbawala, pongo [Swahili]; imbabala [isiNdebele]; imbabala, ungece, unkonka [isiXhosa]; imbabala, unkonka omdaka [isiZulu]; dsoma [Shona]; serôlô, pabala, t'shô'sô [Sepedi]; pabala, tshoso [Sesotho]; serôlô, serôlôbotlhoko, serôlêbotlhoko; serôlwêbotlhoko, serolobotlhok serôbêbotlhoko, serelebotlhoko kurunku, nghurunghu, serolob hôkô, thamma [Setswana]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Bovinae

Tragelaphus scriptus (Bushbuck)

Bushbuck ram, Nature's Valley, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Duncan Robertson ©]

Tragelaphus scriptus (Bushbuck)

Bushbuck ewe, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Arno Meintjes ©]

Tragelaphus scriptus (Bushbuck)

Bushbuck ewe with young, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Bernard Dupont  ©]