The Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), also called the Common Wildebeest and the Brindled Gnu, is a large antelope and one of two species of wildebeest. It grows to 1.7 m shoulder height and attains a body mass of up to 380 kg. They range the open plains, bushveld and dry woodlands of Southern and East Africa, realizing a life span in excess of twenty years.