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The common wildebeest (ConnochaetesTaurinus) is a key stone species
in plains and acacia savanna ecosystems from southeastern Africa to
central Kenya. It is highly gregarious and superbly adapted for a
migratory existence. C. taurinus has high shoulders sloping to
lower hindquarters, a deep chest, a short neck, and thin legs. It is
conspicuously coloured, its coat being slate gray to dark brown and
reverse counter-shaded (that is, lighter above and darker below), with
black vertical stripes on the forequarters as well as black markings on
the forehead, mane, beard (white in two subspecies), and long tail. The
horns, similar in both sexes, are cowlike.
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