#0247 · 🦊 mammals

Common Wildebeest

🇳🇱 Blauwe Gnoe ·Connochaetes taurinus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The blue wildebeest ( Connochaetes taurinus ), also called the common wildebeest , white-bearded wildebeest 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 subspecies. This broad-shouldered antelope has a muscular, front-heavy appearance, with a distinctive robust muzzle. Young blue wildebeest are born tawny brown,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 13,748iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
13,748 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William John Burchell in 1824 (202 years ago).