Wildebeest, White-bearded Gnu, Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes Taurinus
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Height: |
Male = |
50-58 inches (125-145 cm) |
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Female = |
46-57 inches (115-142 cm) |
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Weight:
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Male =
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400-600 lbs (200-274 kg)
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Female =
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370-516 lbs (168-233 kg)
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Cool Fact:
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The Wildebeest is the dominant plains antelope in the acacia savannas of eastern and southern Africa. The wildebeest has a unique reproduction solution in which 90% of the calves are produced during a 3 week peak in the early rainy season. This well noted mating season is timed with the migration off the Serengeti plains and involves 250,000 bulls servicing 750,00 cows in a 3 week period. | |
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