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), Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; gray ash), Shum Laka rock shelter (Middle/Upper Horizon; gray ash)

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

Ghana: Mole National Park

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

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

Senegal: Diouboye

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

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

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

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