Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Distribution
from southern Kenya to southern Angola to northern South Africa.
Habitat
Savannah
Gestation
8 – 8.5 months
Number of pups
1 small
Longevity
21 years old
Weight
118 – 275 kg
Size
1.4 to 2.4 m long, shoulder height 1 – 1.45 m
Diet
herbivore
Conservation status
:
Not Threatened
The Great Migration…
The wildebeest are adapted to running: endurance and fast, they can reach 80 km/h. While females and their young live in herds, males are solitary. But during the migration period, they all form groups of thousands of individuals, stretching for kilometers, to reach areas where food will be more abundant.
In La Barben, they live in the African plain, in the company of white rhinoceroses, beisa oryx and springboks.
