Connochaetes
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African antelopes: gnus
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For example, zebra ( Equus burchelli ) and wildebeest ( Connochaetes taurinus ) can remain in association during periods of long distance migration across the Serengeti as a strategy for thwarting predators.
The blue wildebeest was at first placed under a separate genus, Gorgon, citation while the black wildebeest belonged to the genus Connochaetes.
However, in 1939, the two were once again merged into a single race, Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus.
The name Connochaetes was given by German zoologist Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1814.