Brindled gnu or wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus

PE-02

Connochaetes taurinus taurinus
(A subspecies distributed south of the river Zambezi, Kalahari)

Etosha National Park, Namibia, July 2002

Etosha National Park, Namibia
February 1995

All subspecies well represented in national parks and conservation areas, but continue to decline and are unlikely to survive outside such areas.

Another subspecies: The white-bearded gnu (C.t.albojubatus)

Source: Kingdon, Jonathan (2001).The Kingdon field guide to African mammals. Academic Press:Somerset

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