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Animal Quiz Results: Wildeebest
Ngoni Craig Muzangara, nine years old, grade four at Rock Foundation School
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Ray Gandawa, 10 years, grade five at Norton Primary School
The Wildebeest (genus Connochaetes), also called a Gnu, is an ungulate mammal found in Southern Kenya, South Angola to north south Africa.
There are two species of wildebeest which are the Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) and the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), both are native to Africa.
Wildebeest are antelopes and belong to the bovidae family which also includes cows, goats and sheep.
Wildebeest are one of the most abundant large mammals in Africa and there is thought to be around 1.5 million migratory individuals in the Serengeti alone forming the greatest concentration of wild grazing animals on Earth. They measure around 1.5 metres (5 feet) at shoulder height and weigh between 118 – 275 kilograms (260 – 600 pounds). They have large heads with a cow-like face, a shaggy mane and a pointed beard.
Their sharp, curved horns measure up to 1 metre across. Both male and female have horns. The front part of their body is heavily built and they have slender hinds quarters and thin legs.
They have a tail which measures 40 – 50 centimetres long.
The wildebeests preferred habitats are grasslands and savannas.
The life span of a wildebeest in the wild is 20 years.
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