Mountain Nyala [1] ( lat. Tragelaphus buxtoni ) - a species of forest antelope . The species was discovered by Major Ivor Buxton (1884-1969) in 1909 , classified in 1910 [2] .
| Mountain nyala |
Female | 
Male |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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| International scientific name |
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Tragelaphus buxtoni ( Lydekker , 1910) |
| Security status |
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Endangered speciesIUCN 3.1 Endangered : 22046 |
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Range - mountain forests , shrubby wastelands and mid- mountain grassy plains of central Ethiopia between 6 ° and 10 ° northern latitude .
View - endemic to the Ethiopian Highlands and the Great Rift Valley . The inaccessibility of the areas makes mountain nyala one of the rarest and least studied antelopes . Animals usually live at an altitude of 2000 m above sea level , sometimes reaching 3500–3800 m and above. [3]
Mountain nyala is similar to large and small kudu , as well as to the plain nyala , which lives in southern Africa . The length of the body reaches a length of 150-180 cm , the height at the withers about a meter. The mass of adult animals is 150-300 kg .
Females look like males , but much smaller and without horns . In males, the length of the horns can exceed 100 cm.
Conservation status - EN , the population is estimated at 7-8 thousand goals. [4] In 1970, to protect the mountain nyal and the Ethiopian jackal , the Bale Mountains National Park (Oromiya region ) was created. [5] [6]
- ↑ Sokolov V.E. The pagan dictionary of animal names. Mammals Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova. - M .: Rus. lang., 1984. - S. 135. - 10,000 copies.
- ↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, and Mike Grayson. The eponym dictionary of mammals. - Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 .-- P. 67. - 574 p. - ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9 .
- ↑ ADW: Tragelaphus buxtoni: INFORMATION
- ↑ Sillero-Zubiri, C. (2008). [Tragelaphus buxtoni http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/22046/0 ]. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on March 29, 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered.
- ↑ Majestic Mountains (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Bale National Mountain Park
