Connochaetes gnou (Zimmermann, 1780) . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:102.
TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Prov., Colesberg (Harper, 1940:329) .
DISTRIBUTION: Originally from Transvaal and Natal south to Cape Prov. (South Africa); now only in captivity, or as reintroduced populations in Lesotho; Swaziland; Orange Free State, Cape Prov., Transvaal and Natal (South Africa).
SYNONYMS: capensis, connochaetes, operculatus.
COMMENTS: Reviewed by Von Richter (1974, Mammalian Species, 50).