Least ConcernOribi
Ourebia ourebi
One of the 2 wildebeests on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Connochaetes gnou
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It came to the brink of extinction in the late 19th century through indiscriminate hunting, surviving only because a handful of South African farmers protected small herds on their own land.
Weight
110 kg – 180 kg
Size
1.1 m – 1.2 m
Life expectancy
18 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Herd
Lives in large groups as a strategy against predators.
Sighting difficulty
Easy
Estimated population
More than 18,000 animals, nearly all of them on reserves and farms in South Africa, after coming close to extinction in the late nineteenth century.
Sources consulted: AnAge (genomics.senescence.info); Dimensions.com; Animal Diversity Web; About Animals; African Hunting Gazette; Animalia.bio; Grokipedia; Website of Everything
Best time: All year round on the grasslands of the South African Highveld, by day; calving is concentrated between November and January.
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