Wow, that is awesome that the Johannesburg Zoo has Bushbuck, for a while I thought Gladys Porter Zoo was the only zoo that had them, another zoo and wildlife website that I was on also said that Gladys Porter Zoo was the only zoo to have Bushbuck, but I guess thats not true, by the way, nice photo, and nice to know more places have them !!!
Wow, that is awesome that the Johannesburg Zoo has Bushbuck, for a while I thought Gladys Porter Zoo was the only zoo that had them, another zoo and wildlife website that I was on also said that Gladys Porter Zoo was the only zoo to have Bushbuck, but I guess thats not true, by the way, nice photo, and nice to know more places have them !!!
Thank you.....if you get to go to SA, then Joburg and Pretoria Zoos are a must (both 'species' of bushbuck, bontebok, steenbok, duiker, reedbuck, red hartebeest, giant eland) although not quite as many antelope species as I was expecting. Bushbuck (Imbabala) also very common in the wild an easily seen and steenbok also very common in the parks.
Thank you.....if you get to go to SA, then Joburg and Pretoria Zoos are a must (both 'species' of bushbuck, bontebok, steenbok, duiker, reedbuck, red hartebeest, giant eland) although not quite as many antelope species as I was expecting. Bushbuck (Imbabala) also very common in the wild an easily seen and steenbok also very common in the parks.
No problem Newzooboy, actually I have always wanted to visit those South African zoos, they seem to currently have a neat antelope collection, but did you know that Johannesburg Zoo used to have Cape grysbok and Pretoria Zoo used to have Red fronted gazelles, also the Bushbuck in South African zoos are South african bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus sylvaticus) and the Bushbucks at Gladys Porter Zoo are West african bushbucks (Tragelaphus scriptus scriptus), it also turns out that there are West african bushbucks in the hands of private collectors in Texas, and also the difference between West african and South african bushbucks is that west african have more of an orange hue and South African bushbuck are very dark brown, plus there are multiple of other subspecies.
No problem Newzooboy, actually I have always wanted to visit those South African zoos, they seem to currently have a neat antelope collection, but did you know that Johannesburg Zoo used to have Cape grysbok and Pretoria Zoo used to have Red fronted gazelles, also the Bushbuck in South African zoos are South african bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus sylvaticus) and the Bushbucks at Gladys Porter Zoo are West african bushbucks (Tragelaphus scriptus scriptus), it also turns out that there are West african bushbucks in the hands of private collectors in Texas, and also the difference between West african and South african bushbucks is that west african have more of an orange hue and South African bushbuck are very dark brown, plus there are multiple of other subspecies.
Thanks UN. No, I didnt know about the grysbok or red-fronted gazelles. Now, that would have been nice!
I'm not sure you are right about the bushbuck in Jo'burg Zoo....they actually hold both 'species' (Kewelll and Imbabala). The Kewell are shown in this picture.
As you say, the colouring is highly variable and probably cannot be used alone to distinguish them (there are light Imbabala and dark brown Kewell). There are potentially lots of sub-species yes.....I guess a gradation between the two (or more types).
See this ref (draft).... http://doctorcastello.com/antelopes/Castello_Bovids.pdf
