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Wildebeest Facts. Wildebeest is a mammal that belongs to the family of antelopes. Wildebeests live in central, eastern and southern parts of Africa. They prefer life in green plains and open woodlands.Wildebeest is also known as gnu.ildebeest looks like a close relative of a bovine because of its disproportional body. It has large, box-shaped head, and strongly built front part of the body. Hindquarters are slender, just like in other antelopes.
There is no other antelope like the wildebeest. It looks like it was assembled from spare parts the forequarters could have come from and ox, the hindquarters from an antelope and the mane and tail from a horse. The antics of the territorial bulls during breeding season have earned them the name clowns of the savanna. The wildebeest is one of the few African antelopes to have extended its range in the last 50 years. 2  They numbered about 250,000 in 1960 and are thought to number 1.5 million today.