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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 ...
The blue wildebeest was at first placed under a separate genus, Gorgon, [17] [18] while the black wildebeest belonged to the genus Connochaetes. Today, they are united in the single genus Connochaetes, with the black wildebeest being named (C. gnou) and the blue wildebeest (C. taurinus). [15]
Cookson's wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni) [1] is a subspecies of the blue wildebeest that is native to the Luangwa Valley of the Luangwa River, Zambia. [2] [3] Occasionally, confusions (herds or groups) of the subspecies will travel into central Malawi. [3] It has a bigger body and horns compared to other subspecies of the blue ...
English: A blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. Français : Un gnou bleu (Connochaetes taurinus).
The western white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi) also known as Mearn's white-bearded wildebeest, Mearn's wildebeest, [1] Serengeti white-bearded wildebeest, or the Serengeti wildebeest, [2] is a subspecies of the blue wildebeest being the smallest, and lightest subspecies of the species.
Connochaetes †Connochaetes africanus †Connochaetes gentryi; Connochaetes gnou †Connochaetes gnou laticornutus †Connochaetes gnou antiquus; Connochaetes taurinus †Connochaetes taurinus olduvaiensis; Damaliscus †Damaliscus hypsodon (Extinct: Late Pleistocene-early Holocene) †Damaliscus niro †Damalacra †Damalacra acalla †Damalborea
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The spectacular wildlife witnessed in the park generally refers to the great wildebeest migration [32] where a million wildebeests [33] chase green lands across the rolling plains of Serengeti in Tanzania and Masai Mara in Kenya. Sometimes they are seen in 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) long columns migrating across the rivers to the north ...