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Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) female and calf🐃

Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Blue wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823)

Ивичестото гну (Connochaetes taurinus), наричано още синьо или белобрадо гну, обитава саваните на Източна Африка, където живее на многохилядни стада, често смесени с газели на Томсън и зебри. Мигрира ежегодно в търсене на по-добри пасища и пресичането на реки (rivercrossing) от стадата гну е наистина внушителна гледка. През размножителния период, преди стадото да се събере за миграция, мъжките се бият помежду си, отстоявайки една малка площ и своят харем от женски в нея. В битка те се нахвърлят с ярост един срещу друг, рогата им чаткат силно и воюващите често падат на колене. След 8-9 месечна бременност женските раждат по едно малко, обикновено по едно и също време, но при някои това се случва в продължение на три-четири месеца след първата вълна от раждания. Малките гну се изправят на крака 10-15 минути след раждането си. Продължителност на живота – 20 години (при мъжките), 11 години (при женските).

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Also called
Brindled Gnu, Common Wildebeest, White-bearded Wildebeest
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
181 kg
Body length
2.21 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
25 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Blue wildebeest

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
181 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 165 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
2.21 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Brain mass
400 g
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
25 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
8.06 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
2.3 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
253 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 253 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
1
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
4.83 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
181 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Blue wildebeest yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusConnochaetes
  7. ›speciesConnochaetes taurinus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. subfamilyAlcelaphinae
  4. genusConnochaetes
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyAlcelaphinae
  16. genusConnochaetes
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More about the Blue wildebeest

Closest relative on this site
🐃 Hartebeest — last shared an ancestor ≈ 5.6 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
نو أزرق (ar), Streifengnu (de), Connochaetes taurinus (es), Gnou bleu (fr), オグロヌー (ja), Gnu pręgowane (pl) … and 25 more languages
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Blue wildebeest in Mlilwane Wildlife SanctuaryBlue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) female and calf
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