Wildebeest

wildebeest a name applied to various species of antelope, for which the name ‘gnu’ is also used. The white-tailed gnu or wildebeest, Connochaetes gnu, is no longer found in the wild but has been preserved on farms. The blue wildebeest or brindled gnu, Gorgon taurinus, survives in larger numbers. Leipoldt (1976) wrote that ‘its meat is tasteless and stringy, but its tongue, liver, brains and kidneys are considered delicacies’.