Blue Wildebeest (Wild Animals by Papo)

A walk-around of Papo’s Blue or Common Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823) from the Wild Animals line or “Les Animaux Sauvages”, originally produced in 2009. The shoulder height of this figure is 79 mm, so corresponding to a shoulder height of adult specimens between 1.18 and 1.45 m the scale would be approx. 1:15-1:18. Native to grasslands and savanna of southern Africa, the Blue Wildebeest is currently listed as “Least Concern” by the IUCN.