Connochaetes

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Noun1.Connochaetes - African antelopes: gnusConnochaetes - African antelopes: gnus    
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
gnu, wildebeest - large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
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Older photographs indicate that as little as 30 years ago, very large herds of consisting of many thousands of the sub species of Eastern white bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus - albojubatus) and plains zebra migrated annually.
Kibet, "Dietarycomposition of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) kongoni (Alcephalus buselaphus) and cattle (Bos indicus), grazing on a common ranch in south-central Kenya," African Journal of Ecology, vol.
The protected areas support a rich diversity of ungulates and potential prey including blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus, common warthog Phacochoerus africanus, greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros, impala Aepyceros melampus, nyala Tragelaphus angasii, plains zebra Equus quagga and waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
We report detection of RVFV in springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), and black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi) in Etosha National Park.
Alteration in diel activity patterns as a thermoregulatory strategy in black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou).
Mae dau rywogaeth yn perthyn i'r Connochaetes ac mae'r ddau yn gynhenid i Affrica, sef y gnw du neu'r gnw cynffon wen (C.
The control-free areas in the study area range from 450-1100 ha, where there are Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779), giraffe Giraffa Camelopardalis (L., 1758), blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823), white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817), black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis (L., 1758), impala Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812), kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas, 1766), waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833), gemsbok Oryxgazella (L., 1758) and zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) (Boddaert, 1785).
1.3 million wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), 200,000 zebra (Equus
The grazing group included: Bison bison (American bison), Cervus duvauceli (swamp deer), Connochaetes taurinus (wildebeest), Hippotragus niger (sable), Kobus ellipsiprymnus (common waterbuck) and Tetracerus quadricornis (chousingha).
Birth mass in moose was similar to the birth mass of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) whose adult body size is only half that of moose.
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