Sunday, April 3, 2011

Gnou

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The wildebeest, also called the gnu or "water buffalo", is an antelope of the genus Connochaetes. It is a hooved mammal. Wildebeest is Dutch for "wild beast" or "wild cattle" in Afrikaans, while Connochaetes derives from the Greek words konnos and khaite. The name "gnu" originates from the Khoikhoi name for these animals, "gnou".


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