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The blue wildebeest was first known to westerners in the northern part of South Africa a century later, in the 1800s. [9] Some sources claim the name gnu originates from the Khoekhoe name for these animals, t'gnu. [10] Others contend the name and its pronunciation in English go back to the word !nu: used for the black wildebeest by the San people.
The specific name gnou originates from the Khoikhoi name for these animals, gnou. [5] The common name "gnu" is also said to have originated from the Hottentot name t'gnu, which refers to the repeated calls of "ge-nu" by the bull in the mating season. [2] The black wildebeest was first discovered in the northern part of South Africa in the 1800s ...
The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), also called the common wildebeest, white-bearded gnu or brindled gnu, is a large antelope and one of the two species of wildebeest. It is placed in the genus Connochaetes and family Bovidae, and has a close taxonomic relationship with the black wildebeest. The blue wildebeest is known to have five ...
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Six bovid species (clockwise from top left): addax, cattle, mountain gazelle, impala, blue wildebeest, and mouflon. Bovidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla. A member of this family is called a bovid.
Animals are plentiful and mostly well-protected, though poaching of elephant and rhinoceros has been a problem in the recent past. In the Luangwa Valley over 100,000 elephants were killed by poachers in a twelve-year period between 1973-1985. Zambia as a whole lost over 80% of its elephant population during that period. [3]
Nyerere National Park has a high level of biodiversity, with the most iconic African species all inhabiting the region in some capacity, including lions, leopards, Masai giraffe, herds of wildebeest and plains zebra, black rhinoceros, impala, Thomson's gazelle, spotted hyenas, countess birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates.
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...