Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Artiodactyla Owen, 1848 - even-toed ungulates
see Order Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997
Family Bovidae Gray, 1821 - antelope, cattle, bison, buffalo, goats, and sheep
Subfamily Alcelaphinae Rochebrune, 1883
Genus Connochaetes Lichtenstein, 1814 - wildebeests
Connochaetes gnou (Zimmermann, 1780) - black wildebeest