Blue Wildebeest Skull European Taxidermy Mount For Sale

Description

Description of Taxidermy For Sale

This is a great African Blue Wildebeest skull and horns “European” taxidermy mount. It features a great clean skull, horns that measure 43 2/8″ tip to tip, which helps it earn a gross score of 55 3/8″. Topped off with excellent craftsmanship, this item earns our Nice 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.

About the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)

The Blue Wildebeest (or Common Wildebeest) is an antelope species found through most of southern Africa. They are famous for one of the greatest migration spectacles on the planet, as one and a half million wildebeest move northeast in the early summer of every year, in search of greener pastures. The wildebeest has a unique shaped oversized head, shaggy brown coat, pointed beard and sharp curved horns. The wildebeest must be on the constant lookout, as it is a favorite meal for predators like lions, hyenas, and patient crocodiles.

Animal Description

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. Wildebeests 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 other browse difficult.

Item Specification

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Grade Certificate

Each item we sell comes with its own Grade & Specifications Certificate (GSC)

 

Grading each item based on it’s overall characteristics helps assist clients by taking the guess work out of choosing the right quality taxidermy piece to meet their needs. We assign grades to each item based on our 40+ years of experience in the taxidermy industry. From serious world class specimen collectors to first time buyers, we can help you find just the right item to meet your needs!

The Specifications of each item, including dimensions and unique characteristics, are recorded on each GSC Card. We include the Depth, Height, Width and Weight of every item when possible. We also include other features such as horn and antler length (when applicable) as well as any other key attributes and descriptions to better identify each items unique characteristics. Below is a sample GSC card. The Specifications and Grade information are provided in each listing.