text: what is an elderbridge? some one told me its a mammal i have never heard of an "elderbridge". do you - by any chance - mean a wildebeest ?   the wildebeest (from dutch "wild animal"), also called gnu, is a large hooved (ungulate) mammal, which includes two species, both native to africa: the black wildebeest (c. gnou), and the blue & white-bearded wildebeest or blue wildebeest (c. taurinus). this large african antelope has a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.   the gnus belong to the bovidae family, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, and other even-toed horned ungulates.