Connochaetes

Connochaetes taurinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bovoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Ruminantia Cladus: Pecora Superfamilia: Bovoidea

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Connochaetes
Species: C. gnou – C. taurinus – †C. africanus – †C. gentryi – †C. laticornutus – †C. tournoueri

secundum Groves & Grubb, 2011

Species exstantes: C. albojubatus – C. gnou – C. johnstoni – C. mearnsi – C. taurinus

Name

Connochaetes Lichtenstein, 1812: 152

Type species: Antilope gnu Gmelin, 1788

References

Primary references

• Lichtenstein, M. 1812. Die Gattung Antilope. Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der gesammten Naturkunde 6(2): 147–160. Online Reference page. 

Additional references

• Groves, C. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate Taxonomy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 336 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0093-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Connochaetes in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Κοννοχαίτης, Γκνου
English: Wildebeest, Gnu
español: Ñus
magyar: Gnú
日本語: ヌー属
ไทย: วิลเดอบีสต์, กนู

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