Connochaetes est genus mammalium subfamiliae Alcelaphinarum familiae Bovidarum, cui familiae sunt antelopi, pecora, caprae, oves, et alia ungulata quibus sunt pares digitorum. Genus duas species comprehendit, Connochaetes gnou et Connochaetes taurinum, quarum ambae in Africa endemicae sunt. Indicia fossilia monstrant eas species inter se abhinc annorum unam millionem declinavisse, et exitum speciem septentrionalem speciemque austrinam fuisse.[1]

C. t. albojubatus in Ngorongoro Crater Tanzaniae

Classis : Mammalia 
Ordo : Artiodactyla 
Familia : Bovidae 
Subfamilia : Alcelaphinae 
Genus : Connochaetes 
Henricus Lichtenstein, 1812
   
Palaeontologia
2.5–0 m.a.
Pleistocaeno ineunte – praesens
Subdivisiones: Species
Connochaetes gnou
Connochaetes taurinus
Territorium
Distributio geographica:
flavus, Connochaetes gnou; caeruleus, Connochaetes taurinus ; brunneae, terrae congruentes
Connochaetes est signum propositi GNU.

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Bibliographia recensere

  • Ben-Shahar, Raphael, et Malcolm J. Coe. 1992. "The relationships between soil factors, grass nutrients, and the foraging behaviour of wildebeest and zebra." Oecologia 90 (3): 422–28. doi:10.1007/BF00317701. PMID 28313531.
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  • Groves, C., et P. Grubb. 2011. Ungulate Taxonomy. Baltimorae Terrae Mariae: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0093-8.
  • Gueron, Shay, et Simon A. Levin. 1993). "Self-organization of front patterns in large wildebeest herds." Journal of Theoretical Biology 165 (4): 541–52. doi:10.1006/jtbi.1993.1206.
  • Wilson, D. E., et D. M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Ed. tertia. Baltimorae Terrae Mariae: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • Skinner, J. D., et C. T. Chimimba. 2005. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion. Ed. tertia. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84418-5.
  • Talbot, L. M.,. et M. H. Talbot. 1963. Wildlife Monographs: The Wildebeest in Western Masailand, East Africa. National Academies.

Nexus externi recensere

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