Connochaetes taurinus

Length: 170-240 cm (67-94")

Height: 115-145 cm (45-57")

Tail: 60-100 cm (24-39")

Weight: 140- 260 kg (308-573 lb.) female, 165-290 kg (364-639 lb.) male

Status: not endangered; common; most of Africa’s 1.7 to 2 million wildebeest live in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

Habitat: Wildebeest are found in open bushlands and on grassy plains across the eastern third of Africa south of the Sahara desert. The preferred habitat is short grasslands. They select ranges that are no more than 20 kilometers (12.6 miles) from water.

Role: herbivore

Food: They prefer to harvest short green grass. They will eat older, less nutritious grass as the dry season progresses.

Predators: lion, spotted hyena, wild dog, leopard, crocodile

White-bearded Gnu or Wildebeest (not found in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem)

• Eastern Race of Wildebeest
• Possibly a sub-species; it is not officially recognized as one but it is a little larger. It is also a lighter gray in color.
• found in Lake Manyara, Amboseli and Nairobi National Parks

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