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eee White BEARDED GNU 
CONNOCH ATES ALBOJUBATUS, THos. 
Catoblepas sp. inc., Heugl. Ant. u. Buff. N.O.-Afr., N. Act. Leop. xxx. pt. 1. p. 24 
(1863) (Sennaar) ? 
Connochetes gnu, Hunter, in Willoughby’s H. Afr. p. 288 (1889) ? 
Connochetes taurinus albojubatus, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) ix. p. 388 (1892) ; 
Ward, Horn Meas. p. 75, fig. (head and skull) (1892). 
Connochetes taurina, Lugard, E. Afr. 1. p. 540, pl. p. 530 (animal) (1893). 
Similar in size and coloration to C. taurinus, except that the general tone 
is paler, especially on the cheeks and rump, and the throat-mane instead of 
being black is of a dirty yellowish-white colour. A few whitish hairs are 
also intermixed with the black of the dorsal mane. 
The skull is shorter and broader than in C. taurinus, especially in the 
region of the muzzle, and the horns are placed further back on the head, so 
that the palm surpasses the back of the skull posteriorly by nearly half its 
breadth. ‘The palm is also more tipped up behind away from the skull, and 
is much knobbier, on which account the hinder edge of the horns forms a 
more serpentine curve. 
The dimensions of the typical skull are as follows :—basal length 16 inches, 
greatest breadth 7°6, muzzle to eye 12:1. 
Hab. East Africa, Athi plains, Ukambani, north of Kilimanjaro, and west 
side of Victoria Nyanza. 
As we have already stated, this form, although otherwise agreeing in 
nearly every point with the Brindled Gnu, is readily distinguishable by 
its white mane, white jaw-tufts, and the generally paler colour. But whether 
we ought to classify it as a separate species, or as a subspecies, or only as a 
