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Blue wildebeest

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Alcelaphinae
Species : Connochaetes taurinus

 

The Blue & white-bearded wildebeest, blue wildebeest is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the blue wildebeest

Also known as a gnu, the blue wildebeest is potentially the ugliest of the antelope species.

Conservation: The blue wildebeest is numerour and widespread, with an estim,ated 350,0900 roaming the Serengeti plains.

The short answer is that the wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) is specialized for precisely the climatic and ecological conditions that distinguish the Serengeti arid savanna: extensive short grasslands that are highly productive during the rainy season, and taller grasslands in the woodland zone in the

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Jenni: Blue wildebeests are the favourite lion food. (Full text)

The Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) is easily Africa's ugliest antelope in the eyes of Man. (Full text)

The brindled gnu, or blue wildebeest is reasonably abundant over much of Central, East and Southeastern Africa. (Full text)

The Blue Wildebeest is actually a dark silver-grey, sometimes with (Full text)

The brindled gnu, or blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), is a large, fierce-looking animal of S and E Africa. (Full text)

Wildebeest The Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus, is possibly most famous for occurring in spectacular numbers seasonally in the Maasai Mara and Serengeti. (Full text)

The Blue Wildebeest is one of the most common bushveld species in South Africa and is the favored prey of most large carnivores. (Full text)

The Blue Wildebeest is a big antelope, males reach 530 lb, the females 400 lb. (Full text)

One, alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AHV-1), which is carried inapparently by wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), is prevalent in Africa and in zoological parks, and is responsible for "wildebeest-derived" MCF (WD-MCF). (Full text)

Blue Wildebeest is the most widely distributed across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia. (Full text)

Blue wildebeest Blue wildebeests are large but shy. (Full text)

The blue wildebeest is dark grey, has a blackish tail and has dark, vertical stripes on its neck. (Full text)

The Blue Wildebeest is actually a dark silver-grey, sometimes with a brown tinge, although in some lights it does appear bluish-grey. (Full text)

1. Connochaetes, genus Connochaetes -- (African antelopes: gnus)
Connochaetes
genus Connochaetes
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