Antilope gnou Zimmermann, 1780

(Fig. 204-212)

Antilope gnou Zimmermann, 1780: 102 .

COMMON NAME. — Black Wildebeest

CURRENT NAME. — Connochaetes gnou (Zimmermann, 1780) .

See Grubb (2005b: 676).

COLLECTOR/S. — Donation to François Péron (Girard 1856: 106).

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Cape Town, South Africa.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection.

COMMENTS. — A male specimen collected alive and taken to France on board Le Géographe under the name of Gnou (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1804c: 172; Girard 1856: 106). Donated by Jan-Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Cape Colony in South Africa (Report 20 April 1804 by Fourcroy stored in library of the MNHN; see also Milius (1987: 57) and Jangoux et al. (2010: 273).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80136 (Fig. 204; two living animals) (Baglione & Crémière 2009:162), Inv. no. 80137, 80138, 80139, 80140 and 80141 (Figs 205-209; head of individual) (Baglione & Crémière 2009:162), Inv. no. 80142r (Fig. 210; forefeet of individual), Inv. no. 80145 (Fig. 211; several animals), and Inv. no. 80197v (Fig. 212; ketch of head).