Blue wildebeest

The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), also called the common wildebeest, white-bearded wildebeest, white-bearded gnu or brindled gnu, is a large antelope and one of the two species of wildebeest.

Blue wildebeest Temporal range: 1–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Middle Pleistocene – present
C. t. albojubatus In the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae
Genus:	Connochaetes
Species:	C. taurinus
Binomial name
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823)
Subspecies
C. t. albojubatus (Thomas, 1912) C. t. cooksoni (Blaine, 1914) C. t. johnstoni (Sclater, 1896) C. t. mearnsi (Heller, 1913) C. t. taurinus (Burchell, 1823)
Distribution of the subspecies:   C. t. taurinus   C. t. cooksoni   C. t. johnstoni   C. t. albojubatus   C. t. mearnsi

The blue wildebeest is known to have five subspecies. Young blue wildebeest are born tawny brown, and begin to have their adult coloration at the age of 2 months.

Both sexes have a pair of large curved horns. The blue wildebeest is a herbivore, feeding mainly on short grasses.