Connochaetes gnou
(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)
Black Wildebeest
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Artiodactyla |
Suborder | : Ruminantia |
Infraorder | : Pecora |
Family | : Bovidae |
Subfamily | : Antilopinae |
Tribe | : Alcelaphini |
Genus | : Connochaetes |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.
Authority publication link
https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827Original name as described
Antilope Gnou
Other common names
White-tailed Gnu · Swartwildebees
Type locality
Cape of Good Hope. Restricted by P. Grubb in 1999 to Agterbruintjieshoogte, Somerset East district.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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