🐃Blue wildebeest
El ñu común, ñu azul, ñu de cola negra, ñu listado o gorgón (Connochaetes taurinus) es una especie de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia Bovidae. Es la especie más común y, a su vez, más conocida de ñu. Es propio de África oriental y austral. Mide entre 1,85 y 2,15 m de longitud, además de 40 a 55 cm de la cola; su altura en la cruz es de entre 1,15 y 1,22 m, y su peso oscila entre los 150 y 200 kg. Es un animal gregario que suele vivir en grandes rebaños en número desde varias docenas a millares de ejemplares.
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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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