Tragelaphus scriptus (ungulate)

Mass: 31 kg based on Anadu et al. 1988 and Mattioli et al. 1998

Diet: browser based on Sponheimer et al. 2003; browser-grazer based on Prins and Douglas-Hamilton 1990 and Bothma et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.10 to 36.94% (median 7.95%)

Latitudinal range: -34.0° to 15.7°

Habitats: (18), Mediterranean woodland (1), boreal forest/taiga (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (8)

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Found in 38 samples

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Upper Horizon; ochre ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Middle/Upper Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene)

Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (natural forest), Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest), Andalee (Middle Pleistocene)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Kenya: Usenge 3 (Kansyore) (Holocene), Usenge 3 (Urewe) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL1) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.1) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.2) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.3) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (DBS) (Holocene), Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL3) (Holocene), Karungu (Late Pleistocene)

Republic of the Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Kouilou Département

Senegal: Diouboye (Holocene)

South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Garden Route National Park (Site 1), Between George and Karatara, Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2)

Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Neolithic) (Holocene)

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mwanihana Forest (2013), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli’ika, Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 3) (Late Pleistocene)

Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season), Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (wet season)

Uganda: Mainaro, Nile Delta

Size measurements:
body mass17300 kgN = 8Anadu et al. 1988
body mass36300 kgN = 27Mattioli et al. 1998

See also Tragelaphus, Tragelaphus eurycerus, Tragelaphus gaudryi, Tragelaphus imberbis, Tragelaphus kyaloae, Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus spekii, Tragelaphus strepsiceros