Tragelaphus strepsiceros (ungulate)

Mass: 189 kg based on Hoffman et al. 2009

Diet: browser based on Sponheimer et al. 2003 and Hooimeijer et al. 2005; browser-grazer based on Bothma et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.18 to 17.08% (median 3.31%)

Latitudinal range: -33.6° to 15.7°

Habitats: (16), desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (10)

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Found in 27 samples

Botswana: Moritsane (Holocene)

Ethiopia: Porc-Epic Cave (Late Pleistocene), Maka'amitalu (A.L. 666) (Early Pleistocene)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Etosha Region

South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (thicket vegetation), Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BRL) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Wonderwerk Cave (excavation 2, stratum 2) (Middle Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 3 (Middle Pleistocene)

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

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tliā€™ika, Ewass Oldupa (Trench 2) (Early Pleistocene), Ewass Oldupa (Trench 3) (Early Pleistocene)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

Size measurements:
♀ body mass167510 kgN = 14Hoffman et al. 2009
♂ body mass240270 kgN = 7Hoffman et al. 2009

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