Critically endangered
Mountain bongo
Shy, striped and strictly montane: wild counts suggest fewer than 65 animals left, watched most closely on Mount Kenya trails and in Eburu’s thickets.
Mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) need mature forest with clear understory paths. They rarely show themselves; most evidence comes from hoof prints, camera frames and skilled trackers.
Eburu’s block holds roughly one tenth of the known wild population, which makes every confirmed sighting nationally significant. Aberdare and Kakamega records exist, but active recovery effort targets Mount Kenya and Eburu field teams.
Captive bongo in Kenya and overseas act as an insurance population while scouts remove snares and log trap images. That field chain links to zoos, KWS vets and CFA members who know each ravine by name.