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Gnu  is an antelope of the genus Connochaetes. It is a hooved (ungulate) mammal. The head of the wildebeest is large and box-like and both males and females have curving horns. The front end of the body is heavily built, the hindquarters slender and the legs spindly. The coat is gray and has a black mane and a beard which may be black or white. They are found in southern and eastern africa. There are two species - the black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu (C. gnou) and the blue wildebeest or brindled gnu (C. taurinus). It is also known as 'Wildebeest' which is a dutch word for wild beast.

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