Scientific Name: Tragelaphus Scriptus Roualeyni

Species: Limpopo/Cumming’s Bushbuck

Region: Limpopo Province

Country: South Africa

 

You get 2 different species of Bushbuck,the “Tragelaphus scriptus” and the”Tragelaphus sylvaticus”.
Limpopo/Cumming’s Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus roualeyni),synonymous with the Limpopo River Valley was described by Gordon Cumming (a very famous hunter at the time) in 1852. Grey was first credited by describing it scientifically in 1850.