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Blue Wildebeest - Connochaetes taurinus - Gestreepte Gnoe (Blauwe Gnoe, Witbaardgnoe)
East- and South-Africa.
The following 5 subspecies are being recognized:
Connochaetes taurinus taurinus - Namibia and Mozambique to South Africa;
Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni - Luangwa Valley, Zambia;
Connochaetes taurinus johnstoni - Mozambique to Eastcentral-Tanzania;
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus - North-Tanzania to Central-Kenya east of Rift Valley;
Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi - North-Tanzania to South-Kenya west of Rift Valley.
There are also Zoo Photo's available of this species.