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Former distribution: As now.
Present distribution: Africa, south of the Sahara, though not in the arid regions of the north-west (Kordofan) and south-west (Namibia and Kalahari).
Behaviour: Preferred habitat: dense bush country in both low and mountain areas up to 4000 m, always adjacent to permanent water supplies. They live singly or in pairs, and are predominantly browsers of leaves, herbs, fruits, flowers and twigs. Activity at twilight. Predators include leopards, servals, caracals, civets, pythons, wild and domestic dogs.
Population status: Stable. Estimated numbers: no records.
Brief notes:
Body weight: 60-80 kg
Head and body length: 130-150 cm
Tail length: 30-35 cm
Shoulder height: 80-100 cm
Gestation period: 178-182 days
Maximum age : 12-14 years
Trophy: Record SCI: Tragelaphus scr. scriptus: 38 4/8 score, 1974 Chad, FIX-PAUL DEVAUX; average 30 score. Tragelaphus scr. bor: 42 score, 1978 Uganda, PETER C.T. BEAUJEAN; average 29 score. Tragelaphus scr. derula: 37 score, 1985 Ethiopia, GARY R. INGERSOLL; average 30 score. Tragelaphus scr. meneleki: 41 7/8 score, Ethiopia, E.V. AREMIA; average 29 score. Tragelaphus scr. massaicus: 52 6/8 score, 1966 Kenya, WOLFGANG SCHENK; average 37 score. Tragelaphus scr. ornatus: 55 1/8 score, 1985 Zimbabwe, WILLIAM E. MOSS; average 33 score. Tragelaphus scr. sylvaticus: 47 4/8 score, RSA, DR. MICHAEL TRAHOS; average 33 score. RW's: Tragelaphus scr. scriptus: 18 1/2", 1974 Congo, RICHARD RANDALL; average 11". Tragelaphus scr. bor: 21 3/8", Sudan, SIR G. ABERCROMBY; average 12 1/2". Tragelaphus scr. decula: 19 1/2", Somalia, C.S. MANN; average 12". Tragelaphus scr. massaicus: 24", 1975 Kenya, H. WILLIAMS; average 15". Tragelaphus scr. meneleki: 14 1/8", 1977 Ethiopia, T. SNIDER; average 10 1/2". Tragelaphus scr. ornatus: 18 1/4", 1984 Zimbabwe, D. FRINGS; average 13". Tragelaphus scr. sylvaticus: 21", British Museum, LORD ROTHSCHILD; average 15". Tragelaphus scr. powelli: 13 7/8", 1972 Ethiopia, H. KLEIN; average 10". CIC: Tragelaphus scr. massaicus: 106.65 points, 1969 Kenya, DR. GEORG DE DOZSA; average 85 points. Tragelaphus scr. ornatus: 101.95 points, Zimbabwe, N.P.a.W.; average 95 points.
Hunting methods: Stalking, with dogs and beaters.
Subspecies: 8
1. Tragelaphus scr. scriptus From Senegal east to the rain forest regions south tonorthern Angola and western Zaire. Stable.
2. Tragelaphus scr. bor Southern Sudan, eastern Central African Republic, central Zaire, western Uganda, Ruanda, Burundi. Stable.
3. Tragelaphus scr. decula Eastern Sudan, western Ethiopia. Stable.
4. Tragelaphus scr. powelli Central Ethiopia. Stable.
5. Tragelaphus scr. meneleki Southern and eastern Ethiopia. Stable.
6. Tragelaphus scr. ornatus Southern Zaire (Katanga), Zambia, eastern Angola, western Mozambique, Caprivi-Strip to northern Botswana and northern Zimbabwe. Stable.
7. Tragelaphus scr. massaicus Kenya, south-eastern Sudan, south-western Somalia, southern Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, Tanzania. Stable.
8. Tragelaphus scr. sylvaticus Southern Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, eastern Botswana, southern Zimbabwe, eastern Republic of South Africa to the Cape Province. Stable.
Remarks: The classification of these subspecies is not at all clear: a revision is needed. HALTENORTH notes 23 subspecies (1968); HALTENORTH - DILLER 8 subspecies (1977), WALLACE 20 subspecies (1978), DORST and DANDELOT 40 (1970). Bushbucks adapted remarkably to increasing cultivation in Africa, as did roe deer in Europe. In spite of hunting pressure and attacks by predators, they are still well distributed all over their range.

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