- For the Character, see Wildebeest (Character).
A distinctive, high-shouldered antelope, with a long, broad muzzle and cow-like horns, the blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) is famous for forming vast migratory herds. The species gets its common name from the silvery-blue sheen to the coat, the base colour of which varies from greyish to brown. The forequarters bear vertical black stripes - the ‘brindled’ colouration that gives the species one of its alternative names - and the front of the face, the long tail, and the mane are also black. The long beard may be black or white, depending on thesubspecies. Both the male and female have unridged horns, which curve downward laterally before pointing upward and inward, and in older animals may have a knobby base.
Roles in the universe[]
No Wildebeests are not seen in the 1965 series nor Leo the Lion, they made their debut on the 1989 series. One wildebeest who was caged is seen in episode 3, where he meets Leo, and he heard about Panja and never been to the Jungle, later in episode 29 the same one, Leo, Marody and the others freed everyone including him where he can be free and make a new home in the Panja's Forest.