Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 (black wildebeest)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alternative combinations: Antilope (Connochaetes) gnou, Antilope gnou
Belongs to Connochaetes according to A. W. Gentry 2010
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008 and Geraads et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Connochaetes gentryi, Connochaetes taurinus, Connochaetes tournoueri, Oreonagor tournoueri
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (26 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
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