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--> FAMILY Bovidae
--> SUBFAMILY Alcelaphinae
--> GENUS Connochaetes
SPECIES Connochaetes gnou
| Author: | Zimmermann, 1780. | | Citation: | Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 102. | | Common Name: | Black Wildebeest | | Type Locality: | South Africa, "Die lander der Caffern, ziemlich tief ins land vom Cap gerechnet in grossen Waldern ohnmeit der Uchtermanns Brenjes hogde und Camdebo"; since selected as Eastern Cape Prov., Somerset East Dist., Agterbruintjieshoogte (Grubb, 1999). | | Distribution: | Formally W Lesotho, South Africa (E of 22oE in Karoo and grassveld vegetation types), and W Swaziland; now only in captivity, or as reintroduced populations in Lesotho, South Africa (including introductions beyond its former range), and Swaziland. | | Status: | IUCN – Least Concern. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Von Richter (1974, Mammalian Species, 50). Catoblepas brookii C. H. Smith, 1827 is not a synonym but is based on a horn probably of the domestic cattle of Bornu (Lydekker, 1912). |
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