Species Connochaetes gnou (Zimmermann, 1780) (Black wildebeest)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Artiodactyla
  • ---- family: Bovidae
  • ----- species: Connochaetes gnou
Characteristics:herbivore; height: 100-120 cm; the coat is dark brown; the white tail is long and horse-like; they have a straight, light brown mane; the face is dark and has hair on the nose and a beard; both sexes have horns that curl forward;
Countries:
BW
Botswana
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 80
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-08-25
Place: Thoiry, France
Creator: Vassil
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Source: wikimedia
Date: 1927 (?)
Place: unknown
Creator: Gustav Mützel
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2007-08-25
Place: Thoiry, France
Creator: Vassil
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

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