Wildebeest

Wildebeests

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	Connochaetes

Species

Connochaetes taurinus
Connochaetes gnou
Reference: The Columbia Encyclopedia (http://www.bartleby.com/65/gn/gnu.html)

The wildebeest, also called gnu, is a large hooved (ungulate) mammal of the genus Connochaetes[?], which includes two species, both native to Africa: C. gnou, the "black" wildebeest, and C. taurinus, the "blue" wildebeest. The genus belongs to the family Bovidae, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, and other even-toed horned ungulates.