Case: GG-2026-208
Status: Historic
Documentation rating: C
Location: Likouala swamp region, Likouala, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Emela-ntouka, commonly translated as “killer of elephants,” is the name applied to a large horned creature reported from the swamp forests and waterways of the Likouala region in the Republic of the Congo. In 1954, former regional wildlife inspector Lucien Blancou recorded local accounts of a dangerous animal larger than a buffalo that was said to attack elephants, buffalo and hippopotamuses when disturbed, providing the earliest firmly traceable published documentation under the Emela-ntouka name. Later descriptions emphasized a heavy rhinoceros-like body, a single prominent horn, short legs…
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