wildebeest
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Summary
wildebeest is a taxon[1]. wildebeest ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,340 views/month, #535 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Alcelaphinae[4]
- Endemic to: Africa[5]
- Taxon name: Connochaetes[6]
- Commons category: Connochaetes[7]
- Start time: -2500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Connochaetes[9]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
- Taxon common name: гну[14], антилопа гну[15], ñu[16]
- Gestation period: 8.5 month[17]
- Longest observed lifespan: 20 years[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
- Litter size: 1.5[20]
- Period of lactation: 7.5 month[21]
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Identifiers
wildebeest's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42279[22]. wildebeest's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9926[23]. wildebeest's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38830[24]. wildebeest's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441104[25]. wildebeest's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624963[26].
Discovery and Description
Things named for wildebeest include GNU[27], an operating system[28], founded in 1983[29].
Why It Matters
wildebeest has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] wildebeest is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for wildebeest include GNU[27], an operating system[28], founded in 1983[29].