Wildebeests (Connochaetes sp.)

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The size of the blue wildebeest (a.k.a. Gnu/Ñu) from East and South Africa (Connochaetes taurinus):

Just like the chital in India, the blue wildebeest if among the most principal prey item in most of Africa and is famous for its large migration in the East. Here is a comparison of size of the different subspecies:

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To be sincere, I don't believed that it was such a difference in size, however although I know that Sachs do measured its animals "between pegs" (thanks to Guggisberg), I have now idea about how Attwell made its measurements in KwaZulu-Natal, so the method used could explain the differences in height. In body weights, the difference is more dramatic between those of the Serengeti and those of South Africa, although the specimens in South Kenya approximate them.

Well, I hope this help to get a good idea about this famous animal.

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