Blue wildebeest
The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), also called the common wildebeest, white-bearded wildebeest, white-bearded gnu or brindled gnu, is a large antelope and one of the two species of wildebeest.
| Blue wildebeest | |
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| C. t. albojubatus In the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | Connochaetes |
| Species: | C. taurinus
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| Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823)
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C. t. albojubatus (Thomas, 1912) | |
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| Distribution of the subspecies: C. t. taurinus C. t. cooksoni C. t. johnstoni C. t. albojubatus C. t. mearnsi
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The blue wildebeest is known to have five subspecies. Young blue wildebeest are born tawny brown, and begin to have their adult coloration at the age of 2 months.
Both sexes have a pair of large curved horns. The blue wildebeest is a herbivore, feeding mainly on short grasses.
Blue Wildebeest Media
A skeleton photographed at the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP, São Paulo, Brazil
The blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), also called the common wildebeest or the white-bearded wildebeest, is a large antelope and one of two species of wildebeest
Blue wildebeest dust bathing in the Kalahari Desert of Namibia
Plains zebra and blue wildebeest grazing at Ngorongoro Crater
Juvenile blue wildebeest covered in mud running in Serengeti National Park
Two male blue wildebeest fighting
Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) female and calf, Etosha National Park, Namibia
Wattled starlings eating ticks of a blue wildebeest in the Serengeti National Park
Blue wildebeest inhabit places where water is available.
Blue wildebeest at Etosha National Park
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References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group. 'Connochaetes taurinus'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 (2016)IUCN. p. e.T5229A163322525. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T5229A163322525.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.