Blue wildebeest is placed in the family Bovidae, ruminant animals with cloven hooves. The generic name "Connochaetes" derives from the Greek words κόννος, kónnos, "beard", and χαίτη, khaítē, "flowing hair", "mane". The specific name "taurinus" originates from the Greek word "tauros", which means a bull or bullock. The common name "blue wildebeest" refers to the conspicuous, silvery-blue sheen of the coat, while the alternative name "gnu" originates from the name for these animals used by the Khokloi people, a native pastoralist people of southwestern Africa. Though the blue and black wildebeest are currently classified in the same genus, the latter was previously
Wildebeest (comics) Wildebeest derived from the technology that is based on Cyborg's technology. The members of the Wildebeest Society were all master tacticians and wore exoskeletons that boosted their strength, resembling a monstrous, humanoid version of the animal of that name. The New Wildebeests are fierce and feral. They can be properly trained by whoever can successfully tame them. The Cybernetic Wildebeests are fierce and are enhanced by their cybernetic parts. Wildebeest (comics) Wildebeest is the name of different characters from DC Comics. The first Wildebeest is a poacher and mercenary who was an enemy of Chris King and Vicki Grant. The