Description of Taxidermy For Sale
This is a stunning African White-bearded Wildebeest shoulder taxidermy mount, posed with its head in a semi-upright position looking slightly to the viewers left out into the room. This wildebeest has gorgeous hair and markings which catches the viewers eyes. The horns are also great, with a gross score of 62 5/8'. The craftsmanship and taxidermy work is some of the best we have seen with a White-bearded Wildebeest. All of this combined has helped this item earn our coveted Premier Plus overall quality rating. All applicable dimensions are included to help ensure this item will fit within your intended display space.
- There is already a hanger attached to the back of this item.
- The item will hang on a properly anchored drywall screw. General Information about the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
The Blue Wildebeest can be found in the savannas, woodlands, and plains of both eastern and southern Africa. It is also called the common wildebeest, black-tailed wildebeest or the white-bearded wildebeest and shares its name with only one other type of species - the black wildebeest. Males can weigh over 600 lbs growing horns that curve horizontally outward from the head, making a curl back inward toward the tip. Wildebeest require water every few days, so a nearby water source is vital to combat the heat of the African plains. This need for water often brings them to rivers, where they must avoid land predators such as the Lion and Hyena, as well as Crocodiles that lie patiently in the water ready to ambush the Wildebeest as it comes to drink at the river's edge. Their diet consists mostly of grasses and short green vegetation, as their rounded mouth makes eating oth