Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus · Mammal
Blue wildebeest graze the short-grass plains at the edge of acacia savanna in eastern and southern Africa, grazing in the morning and late afternoon and resting through the hottest hours. When the grass runs out they travel hundreds of kilometres in herds of several thousand, following the rains; the species numbers about 1.5 million. They are hunted for meat and for their hides, which make good leather, and farmers count them a nuisance because they compete with cattle and pass on disease.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In herds, by day
- Size
- Large
- In winter
- Leaves for winter
Where it lives
Gives
Wildebeest Meat, Wildebeest Hide
Sources
- Greg Geraci, Connochaetes taurinus (blue wildebeest). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2011.
- Blue wildebeest. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Gnou bleu. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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