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Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Travels in Interior of Southern Africa vol.2 p.278(footnote) [1824]

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Bovidae
genus
Connochaetes
species
Connochaetes taurinus

Name

Synonyms
Antilope taurina Burchell, 1824
Gorgon taurinus (Burchell, 1823)
Homonyms
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823)
Common names
Baas in language.
Bastaard Wilde Beest in Dutch
Bastard Wilde Beest in Dutch
Blaues Gnu in German
Blauw Wilde Beest in Dutch
Blauwe Gnoe in Dutch
Blouwildebees in English
Blouwildebees in Afrikaans
Blue Wildebeest in English
Blue Wildebeest in English
Blue Wildebeest in English
Blue Wildebeest in English
Blue Wildebeest in language.
Blue Wildebeest in English
Blue Wildebeest in English
Blå gnu in Danish
Brindled Gnoo in English
Brindled Gnu in language.
Brindled Gnu in English
Brindled Gnu in English
Catoblepas in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Common Wildebeest in English
Dryžuotoji gnu in Lithuanian
Gnou bleu in French
Gnou bleu in French
Gnu in English
Gnu in English
Gnu comune in Italian
Gnu pręgowane in Polish
Gnu striato in Italian
Gnu-azul in Portuguese
Hongonyi in Tsonga
Kaop in language.
Kgokong in Tswana
Kokoon in Tswana
NU in language.
NU azul in language.
Nyumbu in Swahili
Streifengnu in German
Streifengnu in German
Streifengnu in German
Strimmig gnu in Swedish
Stripegnu in Norwegian Bokmål
White-bearded Wildebeest in English
Wildebees in Afrikaans
Wildebeest in English
Zilā antilope gnu in Latvian
blue wildebeest in English
blue wildebeest in English
blue wildebeest in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora. 535.
  2. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2011: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 885.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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