🐃Blue wildebeest
Oksegnuen (Connochaetes taurinus), også kaldet blå gnu, stribet gnu eller wildebeest, er et dyr i underfamilien koantiloper blandt de skedehornede pattedyr. Det er en stor antilope, der er nært beslægtet med den anden gnuart, hvidhalet gnu. Oksegnuen er planteæder og danner flokke, der bevæger sig omkring på græssletter, der grænser op til buskdækket savanne i det sydlige og østlige Afrika. Den er bytte for rovdyr og er derfor vagtsom og i stand til at løbe meget stærkt. Hvert år foretager nogle østafrikanske populationer større vandringer, der passer tidsmæssigt med den lokale nedbør og græsvækst.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- 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
Everything we know about the Blue wildebeest
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass181 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 165 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length2.21 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass400 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length8.06 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation253 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 253 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density4.83 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l181 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusConnochaetes
- ›speciesConnochaetes taurinus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyAlcelaphinae
- genusConnochaetes
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyAlcelaphinae
- genusConnochaetes
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